IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (123)

Date of decision:16.09.2025 Rohit Kumar …... Petitioner V/s The State of Punjab and anr. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Rahul Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

This is a petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashing of the impugned order dated 09.12.2022 (Annexure P-2) passed by the JMIC, Ludhiana in complaint bearing COMA No.6858 of 2020 titled as ‘Sarbjit Singh versus Rohit Kumar’ under Section 138 of the N.I. Act alongwith FIR No.23 dated 06.02.2023 under Section 174-A IPC registered at Police Station Focal Point, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-3) as well as all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The brief facts of the case are that a complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act was instituted against the accused- petitioner/Rohit Kumar at the instance of the complainant/respondent No.2/ Sarbjit Singh. As the accused-petitioner/ Rohit Kumar did not appear before the Trial Court to face trial, he was declared as a proclaimed person vide impugned order dated 09.12.2022 (Annexure P-