IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.8246 of 2025 Date of decision: 13.02.2025 Vipin ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Y.D. Kaushik, Advocate for Mr. Sachin Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, for quashing of order dated 16.01.2025 (Annexure P-2) passed by learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gohana, in complaint bearing NACT No.226 of 2021, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short ‘the NI Act’), titled as “Vivek Deswal vs Vipin, etc.” 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 NI Act was filed against the petitioner on the ground of dishonouring of cheque bearing No.482825 dated 25.08.2021 amounting to Rs.4,60,000/- issued in favour of the complainant by the petitioner in discharge of the liability and the petitioner was subsequently summoned by the learned trial Court.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner furthe