RAJESH KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS

CRM-M-18596-2026 1 132 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-18596-2026 Date of decision :07.05.2026 Rajesh Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Neha Rajoria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, D.A.G., Punjab. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of impugned order dated 28.08.2025 (Annexure P-2) passed by learned trial Court whereby the petitioner was delcared as a proclaimed person in Complaint case No.NACT-154-2024 dated 15.05.2024 under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely prosecuted in the impugned complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. She submits that without complying with the provisions as envisaged under Section 82 Cr.P.C. proclamation proceedings were initiated against the petitioner and ultimately, he was declared as a proclaimed person vide impugned order dated 28.08.2025 (Annexure P-2). She further submits that petitioner was neither served with any ordinary service nor wit