SURJEET KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-41523-2023 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 129 CRM-M-41523-2023 (O&M) Date of decision: 12.05.2026 Surjeet Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. M. K. Bali, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ruchika Sabherwal, Senior DAG, Punjab. Mr. Sutikshan Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 2. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of order dated 30.08.2022 (Annexure P-1), passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sultanpur Lodhi in complaint bearing No. NACT-101 of 2018 titled as “Harwant Singh Vs. Surjeet Kumar”, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘N. I. Act’), whereby the petitioner was declared as a proclaimed person and also for quashing of FIR No.68 dated 19.04.2023 registered under Section 174-A IPC at Police Station Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala alongwith all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. 2. Briefly stated, respondent No.2 had instituted the aforementioned complaint against the petitioner before the le