IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 130 of 2024 Reserved on: 18.8.2025 Date of Decision: 26.8.2025.

Ravinder Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Mr. M.A. Khan, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Azmat Hayat Khan, Advocate.

For Respondent No.1 : Mr. Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate i General.

For Respondent No.2 : Mr. Mayank Sharma, Advocate, with Mr. Rajiv Rai, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 9.1.2024, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction dated 31.5.2023 and order of sentence dated 5.6.2023,

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

passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.3, Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld and the appeal filed by the petitioner (accused before the learned Trial Court) was dismissed. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

2. B