IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 58 of 2013 Reserved on: 19.9.2025 Date of Decision: 14.11.2025.

Ramesh Chand f ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Ms Anu Tuli, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 26.2.2013, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction dated 18.4.2012 and order of sentence dated 27.4.2012, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Barsar, District Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld and the appeal filed by the petitioner (accused

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

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. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present revision are that the police presented a