POONAM SHEKHAWAT vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-45128-2021 (O&M) 1 201 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-45128-2021 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.05.2026 POONAM SHEKHAWAT ... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA ... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Ms. Harpreet Kaur Ahuja, Advocate for the petitioner. Dr. Malvika Singh, D.A.G., Haryana. H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of order dated 15.11.2018 (Annexure P-3) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Faridabad vide which the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed person and subsequent proceedings arising out of the said order whereby FIR No. 69 dated 21.11.2018 under Section 174-A IPC, 1860 has been registered at Police Station B.P.T.P., Faridabad on the basis of compromise-cum-statement dated 26.07.2019 (Annexure P-5). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the present FIR is the outcome of a criminal complaint filed against the petitioner under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. She further submits that the petitioner was declared proclaimed person vide order dated 15.11.2018, in pursuance thereto FIR No. 69 dated 21.11.2018