DEVAL SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 130 CRM-M-8827-2026 Decided on : 19.05.2026 Deval Singh . . . Petitioner(s) Versus State of Haryana and another . . . Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Mr. Brijender Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. P.K. Jhanda, Sr. DAG, Haryana. **** 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 24.10.2025 (Annexure P-9), passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Panchkula, in NACT Case No.878 of 2022, dated 23.09.2022, titled as, “Swati Bansal v. Deval Singh”, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short, ‘NI Act’) read with Section 420 IPC, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, whereby, petitioner has been declared as a ‘Proclaimed Person’ allegedly without following the due procedure of law. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that the complaint was instituted on account of dishonour of cheque No. “025220” dated 18.04.2022 and cheque No. “025228” dated 20.09.2022, each amounting to Rs.15,00,000/-, drawn on Axis Bank L