IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.10.2025 POONAM BHADOURIA & OTHERS ... Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA& OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Tushar Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. T.P. Singh, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Lupil Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of Criminal Complaint NACT No.5344 of 2022 titled as ‘Poonam Service Station Vs. Bhadauria Carriers Pvt. Ltd.’ registered under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The brief facts of the case are that in partial discharge of its legal liabilities Abhishek Buda Koti @ Reshu an authorised Signatory and Director of the accused company Bhadauria Carriers Pvt. Ltd. issued a cheque bearing No.140095 dated 20.02.2021 for an amount of Rs.13,00,000/-. The said cheque came to be dishonoured leading to the summoning of the petitioners along with the Signatory Abhishek Buda Koti @ Reshu. The copy of the complaint dated 24.02.2022 and summoning order dated 17.05.2022 are attac