IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-68274-2025 Date of decision : 04.12.2025 Roshan @ Roshan Singh .....Petitioner versus Janak Singh .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Garvit Mittal, Advocate for the petitioner.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in the present petition has been made for quashing of impugned order dated 28.07.2025 (Annexure P-6) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Karnal whereby application (Annexure P- 4) under Section 143-A of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 filed by the respondent/complainant has been ordered to be allowed thereby directing the petitioner to deposit 10% of the cheque amount as interim compensation in an illegal and arbitrary manner.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the present case are that the respondent had filed a complaint under Sections 138 & 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short “the Act”) against the petitioner. As per the allegations made, the petitioner in order to discharge his legal liability had issued a cheque bearing No.897173 dated 08.05.2023 for an amount of Rs.8,30,000/- drawn on Punjab National Bank in favour of the respondent-complaina