IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 09.10.2025 PREM KUMAR MONGA .... PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA & ANOTHER ….RESPONDENT(S)

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

Mr. Viney Phogat, DAG, Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

This is a petition under Section 528 BNSS, 2023 for quashing of the order dated 01.10.2024 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Sirsa in Complaint CIS No.NACT/842/2019 dated 21.02.2019 titled Veena Rani @ Benna Vs. Prem Kumar Monga under Section 138 of the NI Act, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person.

The brief facts of the case are that in discharge of his legal liability, the petitioner/accused issued a cheque No.001965 dated 28.02.2023 for an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- in favour of respondent No.2-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 Instruments Act came to be instituted against the petitioner/accused and he was summoned to face trial. Subsequently, he was declared a proclaimed