SHIV KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-38590-2023 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 119 CRM-M-38590-2023 Shiv Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Date of decision: 15.05.2026 Date of Uploading : 15.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Karan Kaushal, Advocate for Mr. Nitish Dalal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. None for respondent No.2. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No.0162 dated 08.05.2022 registered under Section 174-A IPC at Police Station Division-A, Amritsar and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Brief factual matrix of the case is that respondent No.2 had instituted a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the petitioner on account of dishonour of cheques amounting to ₹50,000/- and ₹60,000/-. During the pendency of the said complaint bearing No. NACT/6533/2018 dated 02.12.2018, the petitioner was declared a proclaimed person vide order dated 14.02.2022 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Amritsar, which led to registration of the impugned F