RAJESH KUMAR PRASAD vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

Pies 2026:PHHC:068519 CRM-M-24664-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 152 CRM-M-24664-2026 Date of decision : 04.05.2026 Rajesh Kumar Prasad ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. R. Kartikeya, Advocate for the petitioner. KKK H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 482 Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No.1289 dated 17.07.2019, under Section 174-A IPC (now Section 185 BNSS, 2023), registered at Police Station Shivaji Nagar, District Gurugram (Annexure P-1) along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The brief facts of the case are that a complaint was filed by respondent No.2 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred as ‘NI Act’) for dishonouring of a cheque and the petitioner was summoned in the complaint, however, service was not effected to him and due to his non-appearance on 08.05.2019 (Annexure P-7), he was declared as a proclaimed person and the SHO concerned was directed to register a case under Section 174A IPC against the petitioner and as a resu