DILRAJ SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-25547-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 137 CRM-M-25547-2026. Date of Decision: 07.05.2026. Dilraj Singh ....Petitioner. VERSUS State of Haryana and another ....Respondents. **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Sandeep Gahlawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Pawan Kumar Jhanda, Sr. Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. Petitioner–Dilraj Singh, aged 69 years, has filed present petition under section 528 of BNSS for quashing of order dated 31.10.2025 (Annexure P-2) and order dated 02.01.2026, whereby Court of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Panchkula (trial Court), after issuing proclamation proceedings, declared him ‘Proclaimed Person’, in Complaint Case No.NACT-23 of 2021 dated 12.01.2021 filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act read with Section 420 IPC. 2. Referring to the averments made in paragraph No.14 of the petition, counsel contends that petitioner was never served in the complaint case either through summons, bailable warrants or non-bailable warrants and even mandatory provisions of Section 82 Cr.P.C. were not correctly followed JITENDER 2026.05.08 09:48