PRINCE vs UT CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (148) CRM-M-20504-2026 Date of Decision: 04.05.2026 Prince --Petitioner Versus Union Territory of Chandigarh & Anr. --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ. Present:- Mr. Deepak Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Varun Baanth, APP for U.T., Chandigarh. *** RAJESH BHARDWAJ.J (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for setting aside of the impugned orders dated 23.12.2025 (Annexure P-1) and 26.02.2026 (Annexure P-2), passed by learned JMIC, Chandigarh, whereby, non- bailable warrants of petitioner have been issued in complaint case no. COMA-14320 of 2023 under Section 25 of Payment and Settlement Act, 2007 and proclamation proceedings have been initiated against the petitioner. 2. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner used the facility of credit card but due to some unavoidable circumstances was unable to pay the outstanding amount within the stipulated time. Thereafter, he approached the respondent no.2-Bank a number of times and requested them to grant him time to pay the pending dues. Bank authorities assured the petitioner to forward his request to the higher