IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 08.05.2025 KUSHAL PAL SINGH ALIAS KHUSH PAL SINGH .... Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER ….Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Abhijit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Rajiv Vij, Addl. P.P., U.T. Chandigarh.

None for respondent No.2.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

This is a petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashing of the FIR No.0085 dated 18.10.2023 (Annexure P-1) registered under Section 174-A IPC, 1860 at Police Station North, Chandigarh which was registered consequent to the order dated 14.05.2019 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Chandigarh declaring the petitioner as proclaimed person in a complaint case under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

The brief facts of the case are that in discharge of his legal liability, the petitioner/accused issued a cheque No.272915 dated 25.03.2017 for an amount of Rs.2,53,432/- in favour of complainant. The said cheque came to be dishonoured. Pursuant thereto, as no payment was made in lieu of the dishonoured cheque, a complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrume