IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MMO No. 523 of 2024 Date of decision: 07.09.2026. Rajiv Goyal ...Petitioner. Versus Dyal Singh Negi ...Respondent. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chirag Bhanu Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. Naresh Kaul, Advocate. Chirag Bhanu Singh, Judge (Oral): The petitioner has challenged the summoning order dated 08.01.2024, passed by the learned Judicial magistrate First Class, Court No.1, Paonta Sahib, District Sirmour in a complaint case, titled as, Kishan Sahgal vs. Rajiv Goyal, initiated under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short ‘NI Act’), pending before the learned trial Court. However, it seems, that since no interim orders had been passed by this Court during the pendency of the present petition, the complaint under Section 138 of NI Act came to be finally disposed off by the learned trial Court, as is also clear 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes -2- from Annexure R-8 i.e. order dated 28.02.2025, on record. The present proceedings have thus been rendered otiose. 2. Consequently, the present petition is dismissed, having become infructuous. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Chirag Bhanu Singh) Judge 7th September, 2026. (kck)