IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

273 CRM-M-11321-2023 (O&M)

DECIDED ON: 30.10.2025 RAJPAL .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER .....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PRATAP SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. N.P. Chandel, AAG, Haryana.

SURYA PRATAP SINGH, J (ORAL)

1. The order dated 06.12.2017 (Annexure P-2) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class Rewari, hereinafter being referred to as “trial Court” is under challenge in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, hereinafter referred to as “CrPC” only.

2. By virtue of abovementioned order, the learned trial Court while holding a trial for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, declared the petitioner to be a proclaimed person, which led to FIR No.388 dated 30.07.2021 under Section

174-A of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Model Town, Rewari.

3. In nut-shell, the facts emerging from record are that the petitioner was facing a trial for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, and during the course of abovementioned