IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

133 CRM-M-9821-2025 Date of Decision:20.02.2025 Gurnam Singh . . . . Petitioner Vs.

State of Haryana and another . . . . Respondent ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH ****

Present: Mr. Pawan Attri, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, is for quashing of the impugned order dated 31.01.2024 and 05.08.2024 (Annexure P- 3 and P-5 ) respectively, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra in Criminal Appeal No.CRA-35-2024, titled as ‘Gurnam Singh Vs. Suresh’, whereby, learned Court directed the petitioner to deposit 20% of the compensation amount.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that petitioner was prosecuted in a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the Act’) and he was convicted by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kurukshetra, under Section 138 of the Act, vide judgment dated 02.01.2024(P-1) and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 06 months and was also ordered to pay compensation i.e. double the impugned cheque amount.

3. Counsel further