VENUGOPAL N DHOOT vs RELIGARE FINVEST LIMITED & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 24th February, 2026 CRL.M.C. 1509/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6090/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6091/2026 VENUGOPAL N DHOOT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajneesh Sharma and Mr. Anil Pandey, Advocates. versus RELIGARE FINVEST LIMITED & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Kumar and Mr. Bhavishya Mohaniya, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is defending a complaint filed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and challenges order dated 06.02.2026 whereby the learned Trial Court, while dismissing his application seeking exemption from personal appearance, has directed issuance of Non-Bailable Warrants against him. 2. As per the contents of the abovesaid application, whereby the petitioner had sought exemption from his personal appearance, the petitioner, a man in his seventies, is resident of Mumbai and is suffering from multiple health problems having undergone Coronary Angioplasty and there is insertion of many stents in his artery and, it was in the abovesaid background, that he had moved said application seeking his exemption from personal appearance for 3. Learned counsel for re