IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

301 CRM-M No.1856 of 2025 Date of decision: 05.02.2025 Balpreet Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Ms. Kamlesh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hitesh Sharma, DAG, Punjab.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., for setting-aside the order dated 29.01.2024 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Malerkotla in complaint bearing NACT No.146/2019 dated 14.02.2019, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short ‘the NI Act’), titled as “Jai Jai Shankar Finance Company vs Balpreet Singh” whereby the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was filed against the petitioner on the ground of dishonouring of post-dated cheque bearing No.712561 dated 20.12.2018 amounting to Rs.3,00,00/- issued in favour of the complainant by the petitioner in discharge of the liability and the petitioner was subsequently summoned by the learned tria