IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH DECIDED ON: 24.03.2026 KULWANT KAUR SANDHU .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR.

.....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Anshul Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Gagandeep Kaur, DAG Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

The order dated 29.07.2025 (Annexure P-14), hereinafter being referred to as ‘impugned order’, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class Jalandhar, hereinafter being referred to as ‘trial Court’ only, is under challenge in the present petition. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’ only.

2. By virtue of abovementioned order, the learned trial Court while holding a trial for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, declared the petitioner to be a proclaimed person.

3. In nut-shell, the facts emerging from record are that the petitioner was facing a trial for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of NI Act and in the abovementioned case due to non- appearance, on various occasions, the non-bailable warrants w