( 2025:HHC:38308 )

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 442 of 2025 Reserved on: 09.10.2025 Date of Decision: 14.11.2025 Dev .... Petitioner Versus H.P. State Co-Operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank .... Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Suresh Singh Saini, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge g The present revision is directed against the ijudgment dated 29.05.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kullu, District Kullu, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 07.08.2024 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class Banjar, District Kullu, H.P. (learned Trial Court), were upheld. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

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

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present revision are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court for the commission o.f