IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 429 of 2018 Reserved On.: 08.08.2023 Decided on: 18th August, 2023 __________________________________________________________

State of Himachal Pradesh ....Appellant Versus Daljeet Singh u ……Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge

1 Whether approved for reporting? Yes.

For the Appellant: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate g General with Mr. Y.M.Chauhan, Sr. Addl. Advocate General, Mr.

i Ramakant Sharma, Ms. Sharmila H Patial, Addl. A.Gs and Mr.

J.S.Guleria, Dy. Advocate General.

For the Respondent: Mr. P.M.Negi, and Mr.D.S.Nainta, Advocates.

Ranjan Sharma, Judge State of Himachal Pradesh has come up in appeal, 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

assailing the judgement dated 23.09.2017 passed by the Learned Sessions Judge, Hamirpur, (H.P.) in Cr. Appeal No. 02 of 2013, acquitting the respondent-accused herein, for offences punishable under Section 409, 467 and 471 of Indian Penal Code.

2. CASE OF PROSECUTION:

2(i). Factual matrix of the prosecution story is that the Respondent-accused, Dalrjeet Singh was posted as Junior Assistant