IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Dayal Dogra ...Petitioner Versus Manish Arora ...Respondent

1. Date when Order was reserved 23.12.2025 2. Date of Pronouncement of Order 30.01.2026 3. Date of uploading Order 30.01.2026

4. Whether operative part or full Order FULL is pronounced

5. Delay, if any, in pronouncing of full NOT APPLICABLE order, and reasons thereof CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. H.S. Randhawa, Advocate, Amicus Curiae.

None for the petitioner.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Petitioner – Dayal Dogra has filed the instant petition, under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, for quashing/setting aside impugned order dated 01.08.2025 (Annexure P-4), passed by the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rajpura, District Patiala, in Criminal Complaint No. COMA-557-2022 (Annexure P-1), titled as “Manish Arora v. Dayal Dogra”, allowing the application under Section 143-A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the NI Act’), filed by the respondent/complainant, and directing the petitioner to pay interim compensation to the tune of 10% of the cheque amount to the complainant within 60 days from the date of order.

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