PISTA DEVI vs KUSHAL PAL

CRM-M-25466-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 140 CRM-M-25466-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.05.2026 Pista Devi ...Petitioner Versus Kushal Pal ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Saksham Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for quashing of the order dated 24.03.2026 (Annexure P-9), passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gurugram in Complaint bearing No. NACT/52332/2019, titled as Kushal Pal v. Pista Devi, filed by the respondent under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘the Act’), whereby an application filed by the respondent/complainant him under Section 348 of BNSS (which is pari materia with Section 311 of Cr.P.C.) had been allowed. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned complaint has been filed by the respondent under Section 138 of the N. I. Act alleging that the petitioner had taken a friendly loan of ₹8,50,000 in J