IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA ON THE 2ndDAY OF DECEMBER, 2021 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP SHARMA CRIMINAL MISC.PETITION (MAIN) U/S 482 CRPC NO. 715 of

2019 Between:-

STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH THROUGH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE CHAMBA, DISTRICT CHAMBA, H.P.

…...PETITIONER (BY MR. SUDHIR BHATNAGAR AND MR. DESH RAJ THAKUR, ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERALS WITH MR. NARINDER THAKUR AND GAURAV SHARMA, DEPUTY ADVOCATE GENERALS)

AND SH. AVINASH MAHAJAN, SON OF SH. MAHAL CHAND MAHAJAN, RESIDENT OF VPO SIHUNTA, TEHSIL SIHUNTA, DISTRCIT CHAMBA, H.P.

…...RESPONDENT (BY MR. SUMIT RAJ SHARMA, ADVOCATE)

Whether approved for reporting? Yes.

This petition coming on for orders this day, the Court passed the following:

ORDER

By way of present petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of judgment dated 11.03.2019, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Chamba, in Criminal Revis.ion No.3/2019, affirming the order dated 14.12.2018, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Dalhousie, District Chamba, H.P. in Criminal Misc. Application No.1252 of 2018, titled Avinash Mahajan vs. Sher Singh, whereby, learned t