IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No.110 of 2014 Reserved on: 27.10.2025.

Decided on:14.11.2025 State of Himachal Pradesh ...…..Appellant Versus Hem Raj f …..Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Appellant : Mr. Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General.

/State For the Respondent : Mr. Y.P.Sood, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present appeal is directed against the judgment Hdated 28.10.2013, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.5, Shimla, District Shimla, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which the accused (respondent before learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304-A of Indian Penal Code (IPC). (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment?Yes.

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 police presented a challan against the accused before the learned Trial Court for the commission of offences punishable un