IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No.70 of 2014 Reserved on: 14.08.2025 Date of Decision: 27.08.2025 Harish Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes For the Petitioners : Mr. Kulwant Singh Katoch, Advocate For the Respondent/State : Mr. Jitender K. Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 16.07.2013, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Sirmour District at Nahan, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which the judgment of conviction dated 19.03.2011 and order of sentence dated 24.03.2021, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Rajgarh, District Sirmour H.P. (learned Trial Court), were partly set aside (The parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the

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

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 police presented a challan against the accused before the learned Trial Court for