IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA .

Cr. MP(M) No. 2902 of 2023 Reserved on: 24.11.202.3 Date of Decision: 08.12.2023.

Bhutto ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Ms. Veena Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Ms. Avni Kochhar, Deputy Advocate General.

HRakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking the pre-arrest bail. It has been asserted that FIR No. 188 of 2023, dated 22.10.2023 was registered against the petitioner at Police Station, Ghumarwin for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 323, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of IPC, which was converted into Sections 325, 307 and 109 of

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

IPC. It is asserted that the petitioner is working as a driver in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Taxation and Excise, Bilaspur. His father filed a civil suit for permanent prohibitory injunction against the informant in 2018 which was decided in favour of the petitioner’s father on 20.6.2022. The informant was restrained from changing