IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 683 of 2024 Reserved on: 01.07.2025 Date of Decision: 09.07.2025 Daleep Singh ...Petitioner Versus PNB and anr. ..Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Mr. G.R. Palsra, Advocate.

For Respondent No.1 : Mr. Arvind Sharma, Advocate.

For Respondent No.2 : Mr. Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition against the judgment dated 03.09.2024 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mandi (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 30.04.2024 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Chachiot, at Gohar, District Mandi, (learned Trial Court) were upheld. (Parties shall hereinafter

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

be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise Hto the present petition are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court for the commission of an offence punishabl