GURPREET KAUR vs M/S BHANDARI FINANCE AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-27354-2026(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 138 CRM-M-27354-2026 (O&M) DECIDED ON: 14.05.2026 GURPREET KAUR .....PETITIONER VERSUS M/S BHANDARI FINANCE SUKHDA ENCLAVE & ANR. .....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Daljeet Singh Randhawa, Advocate for Mr. A.S. Manaise, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 528 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’, seeking for quashing of order dated 05.12.2025 (Annexure P-4), whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person. The abovementioned order has been passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class Gurdaspur, hereinafter being referred to as ‘trial Court’ only, in a complaint case, i.e. case No.NACT/242/2022, titled as ‘M/s Bhandari Finance versus Gurpreet Kaur’ for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.. 2. Notice of motion. 3. Since advance notice has already been served upon the State, Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on VINOD KUMAR ARYA 2