ASHU KOHLI vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 140 CRM-M-28883-2026 Decided on : 21.05.2026 Ashu Kohli . . . Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and another . . . Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Utkrant Mahajan, Advocate and Mr. Randeep Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Vinay Malhotra, DAG, Punjab. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. Instant petition, under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 482 Cr.P.C.), has been filed for seeking quashing of order dated 05.05.2026 (Annexure P-5), passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Gurdaspur, in case bearing No.NACT/422/2025, dated 01.07.2025, titled as, “Ashok Kumar v. Ashu Kohli”, in complaint u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for brevity, ‘NI Act’), whereby, petitioner has been declared as ‘Proclaimed Person’, allegedly without following the due procedure of law. 2. It is a unique case where a cheque bearing No. ‘206120, dated 26.05.2025, amounting to Rs.16.00 lakhs, having been issued by the petitioner – Ashu Kohli to her father, respondent No.2 – Ashok Kumar, got bounced and consequently, her father has filed a comp