SHER MOHAMMAD vs R.K. FILLING STATAION BHARAT PETROLEUM AND ANR

CRM-M-17285-2023 -1- 131 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-17285-2023 Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Sher Mohammad ..... Petitioner Versus R.K. Filling Station and another .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Devender Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for respondent No.1. Mr. Tanuj Sharma, AAG, Haryana. Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of the impugned order dated 21.01.2023 passed by learned JMIC, Bawal at Rewari, vide which the petitioner has been declared proclaimed offender in a complaint No.816/2017 dated 03.10.2016 titled as R.K. Filling Station, Bharat Petroleum vs. Sher Mohammad, as well as FIR No.43 dated 14.02.2023 registered under Section 174-A IPC (now Section 209 BNS, 2023), at Police Station Bawal, District Rewari. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was prosecuted in a complaint filed under Section 138 of the NI Act, however, during the pendency of the same, the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person vide impugned order dated 21.01.2023 due to his absence and the impugned FIR under Section 174-A IPC was registered