IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 690 of 2024 Reserved on : 17.07.2025 Date of Decision: 28.07.2025 Ram Lal .... Petitioner Versus Narender Kumar Ghoonta r ....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ Yes For the peti tioner : Mr. Pawan Chauhan, Advocate, h vice Mr. Vishva Vijay Singh, Advocate.

For the respondent : Mr. Vikrant, Advocate, vice Mr.

i Narender Singh Thakur, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition against the judgment dated 14.08.2024 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Shimla (learned appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction dated 02.04.2024 and order of sentence dated 29.04.2024 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class,

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

Chopal, District Shimla (learned Appellate Court) were upheld. (Parties shall hereinafter 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 to the present petition are that the complainant presented a complaint against the accused for the commissio