IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 08.08.2025 Pronounced on : 17.09.2025 Ramanand Pulavarti ...Petitioner Versus Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Gaurav Chopra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Reshabh Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Naren Pratap Singh, Advocate and Mr. Kunal Dawar, Advocate for the respondent.

MANISHA BATRA, J.

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘the Code’), is for quashing of Complaint bearing NACT No. 28378 of 2018, titled as Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited vs. Samruddhi Realty Ltd., as well as for quashing of order dated 22.04.2019 (Annexure P-11), whereby the petitioner along with co-accused has been ordered to be summoned to face trial for commission of offence punishable under Section 138 read with Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘N. I. Act’) and all the proceedings having emanated therefrom.

2. The aforementioned complaint has been filed by the respondent- complainant against Samruddhi Realty Ltd. (hereinafter to be mentioned as ‘accused company’) and