IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on:10.11.2025 Suresh Kumar ...Petitioner Versus Mohan Lal ...Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj Present: Mr. Rhythem Bajaj, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023, is for quashing the impugned order dated 08.10.2025 (Annexure P-5) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Abohar, whereby his application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. filed in Criminal Complaint Case No.MACT-836/2022 dated 01.08.2022 titled as “Suresh Kumar vs. Mohan Lal”

has been dismissed.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the petitioner before this Court is the complainant who had filed a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) against the respondent. On summoning of the accused in the said criminal complaint, the trial commenced and during trial, the petitioner filed an application under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C. for recalling the complainant to prove the pronote and receipt dated 16.06.2020 issued by the respondent and also for summoning Kapil and Avi