135 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DECIDED ON: 12.05.2025 RAKESH NAYAR .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR.

.....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL.

Present: Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL)

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of BNSS has been invoked seeking quashing of Impugned Order dated 05.04.2025 Annexure P-22, passed by Ld. JMIC, Ludhiana vide which an application dated 25.03.2025 (Annexure P-20) filed by the petitioner for handwriting expert was dismissed in case bearing no. CHI-1244-2019 titled "State of Punjab v/s Rakesh Nayar" in FIR No. 2 dated 01.01.2019 u/s 420 IPC, PS Focal Point, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana (Annexure P-6), the same being wrong, illegal and utter abuse of process of law and Further prayed that further proceedings pending before the Court below may kindly be stayed, during the pendency of the present petition.

2. Briefly, the facts leading to the filing of the present petition are that FIR No. 2 dated 01.01.2019 was registered against the petitioner under Section 420 IPC on the basis of a complaint made by respondent No. 2, a