AMIT KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-28211-2026 -1- 163 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-28211-2026 Date of Decision:18.05.2026 Amit Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Rajesh Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Neeraj Gupta, Addl. A.G., Haryana. Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of FIR No.0262 dated 03.04.2025 under Section 174-A/209 IPC/BNS, registered at Police Station Panipat City, Panipat and order dated 19.03.2025 passed by Ld. Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panipat whereby petitioner has been declared proclaimed offender in Complaint under Sections 138/142 of NI Act, bearing No.NACT-2387-2022 and all other consequential proceedings. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner took a loan from the complainant-Bank amounting to Rs.88,000/-. He submits that the petitioner was prosecuted by the complainant-Bank in a complaint filed under Section 138/142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. He submits that the petitioner paid the due amount on 21.02.2023, however, despite having been paid the amount, the complainant-Bank did n