IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA TH ON THE 29 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021 BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP SHARMA CRIMINAL REVISION NO. 30 OF 2020 Between:-

SH. SIKANDER SINGH KHIMTA SON OF TIKKAR RAM, R/O VILLAGE MANDHOLE, TEHSIL JUBBAL, DISTRICT SHIMLA, H.P.

... PETITIONER (BY MR. SARTHAK MEHTA, ADVOCATE)

AND

1. SH. BAL KRISHAN RAWT S/O OF SH. KEWAL RAM, R/ O VILLAGE KHONI, TEHSIL JUBBAL, DISTRICT SHIMLA, H.P.

2. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH THROUGH SECRETARY HOME, CHOTTA SHIMLA, H.P.

.. RESPONDENTS (BY MR. V.S. CHAUHAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH MR. AJAY KASHYAP, ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE, FOR R-1 MR. SUDHIR BHATNAGAR AND MR. DESH RAJ THAKUR, ADDITIONAL ADVOCATES GENERAL WITH MR. NARINDER THAKUR, DEPUTY ADVOCATE GENERAL, FOR R-2)

Whether approved for reporting:

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

O R D E R

By way of instant criminal revision petition filed under S.397 and

401 CrPC, challenge has been laid to judgment dated 15.10.2019, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Shimla District Shimla in Cr. Appeal No. 10-R/10 of 2014/2012, titled Sikander Singh KKhimta vs. Bal Krishan Rawat, affirming judgment of conviction fand order of sentence da