IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-6063-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 03.02.2026 Manpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus M/s Muskan Fashion ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Chandan Singh Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for setting aside the order dated 15.10.2025, passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ludhiana, in Criminal Complaint bearing No. COMA/14509 dated 01.12.2017, titled as M/s Muskan Fashion vs. Manpreet Singh, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, whereby the defence evidence of the petitioner was closed by Court order.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is facing trial in the aforementioned complaint. The case was fixed for 15.10.2025 for defence evidence in the form of comparison of his signatures through a handwriting expert. However, the defence evidence of the petitioner was closed by the learned trial Court by observing that the case falls under action plan cases and that the petiti