Punjab-Haryana High Court
Sunil Alias Sunil Kumar vs State Of Haryana And Others on 19 March, 2024
Author: Karamjit Singh
Bench: Karamjit Singh
Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:039338
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CRM-M-13535 of 2024 (O&M)
Date of Decision:19.03.2024
Sunil @ Sunil Kumar
...Petitioner
Versus
State of Haryana & Ors.
...Respondents
CORAM :HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KARAMJIT SINGH
Present:- Mr. H.C. Arora, Advocate and
Ms. Sunaina, Advocate
for the petitioner.
Mr. Vishal Kashyap, DAG Haryana.
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KARAMJIT SINGH, J.
1. The petitioner was tried for an offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act (for brevity, NI Act) vide Crl. Complaint No. 396 of 2016, titled as Satish Kumar Vs. Sunil Kumar and was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and to pay compensation under Section 138 NI Act vide judgment and order dated 13/16.04.2018 by the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Sonepat. The petitioner preferred an appeal against the said judgment and order, wherein he got absented and declared proclaimed person vide order dated 06.04.2022 (Annexure P-3) and his appeal was dismissed in absentia vide judgment of even date (Annexure P-6). FIR No. 233 dated 11.04.2022 (Annexure P-5) was also registered at Police Station Sonepat City, under Section 174-A IPC against the petitioner. The petitioner has challenged order dated 06.04.2022 and consequent FIR (Annexure P-5).
2. Heard.
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3. The present petition is hereby disposed of with direction to the petitioner to surrender before the Court concerned within next 15 days and then to move an application seeking grant of regular bail, which is to be disposed of by Court concerned in accordance with law. In case the petitioner fails to surrender within the given period, then the present petition will be deemed to have been dismissed.
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