SOHAN LAL vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-73053-2025 -1- 142 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-73053-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 04.05.2026 Sohan Lal ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Mayank Aggarwal, Advocate for Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (Oral) CRM-897-2026 Allowed as prayed for. Annexure P-5 is taken on record. Main case 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of the impugned FIR No.659 dated 18.10.2025 registered under Section 209 BNS, 2023 (earlier Section 174-A IPC), registered at Police Station Karnal, Civil Lines District Karnal with all consequential proceedings. 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 01.10.2025 due to his absence and the impugned FIR under Section 209 BNS, 2023 was registered against him. He submits that even otherwise both the sides have compromised their inter-se dispute. He submits that on the basis of t