IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 95 of 2014 Reserved on: 30.10.2025 Date of Decision: 13.11.2025.

Tarkeshwar Shah f...Appellant Versus Satinder Thakur and others ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr Sanjay Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr Lalit Kumar Sharma, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 27.11.2012, passed by learned Sessions Judge (Forests) (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.8.2008, passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shimla (learned Trial Court) were set-aside and the respondents (accused before learned Trial Court) were acquitted of the commission of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,

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

1881 (NI Act). (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 appeal are that the complainant filed a