IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.02.2026 Raghu Bansal ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Gautam Dutt, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Rohan Gupta and Mr. Yajur, Advocates for the petitioner.

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Akashdeep Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Under challenge is the order dated 24.08.2015 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Rajpura allowing the application under Section 319 Cr.P.C. and thereby summoning the petitioner as an additional accused in case bearing FIR No.199 dated 28.07.2010 registered under Sections 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station Sadar Rajpura, District Patiala and also against the judgment dated 07.07.2017 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala whereby the revision petition filed by the petitioner herein against the order dated 24.08.2015 above was dismissed.

2. The aforesaid FIR came to be registered on the basis of a written complaint submitted by one Ashok Kumar, son of Radhey Shyam. The substance of the said complaint reads as f