IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 602 of 2025 Reserved on: 19.11.2025 Date of Decision: 26.11.2025 Ashwani Kumar ....Petitioner Versus Sapna Devi .... Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹No For the Pe titioner : Ms Reeta Hingmang, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Nemo.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 04.09.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Kangra at Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 12.11.2024 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court no. 1, Kangra, District Kangra (learned Trial

1. Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes

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 revision are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 138 of