M/S AVNISH AND CO. THROUGH PROP. AVNISH KUMAR @ AVNISH KUMAR SINGLA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

117 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.16481 of 2026 Date of decision: 06.05.2026 M/s Avnish and Company through its proprietor Avnish Kumar @ Avnish Kumar Singla …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Vishnu Dutt, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 BNSS, 2023 (corresponding Section 482 Cr.P.C.) seeking issuance of directions to learned trial Court to conclude the trial expeditiously or in some time bound manner in complaint bearing No. COMA/32193/2019 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘M/s Avinish and Company vs. Sharman Strips Ltd.’, filed by the petitioner against the private respondents under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 read with Section 420 IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner restricts his prayer only to the issuance of direction to learned Trial Court to decide the aforesaid complaint expeditiously as the same is pending since 2019. He has placed on record the zimni orders showing that the case is unnecessary being prolonged. 3. Upon hearing learned counsel for the petition