IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. MMO No. 98 of 2023 Reserved on : 2.9.2025 Decided on : 1.12.2025

Chaman Singh & Others …Petitioners

Versus

State of H.P. & Another …Respondents

Coram t

The Hon’ble Mr. Justicer Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the petitioners : Mr. Romesh Verma, Senior

o Advocate with Mr. Naresh Kaul

and Mr. Digvijay Singh, C Advocates.

For the respondent : Mr. H.S. Rawat, Mr. Mohinder

Zharaick and Mr. Varun

Chandel, Addl. AGs with Ms. Ranjna Patial and Mr. Rohit

Sharma, Dy.AGs, for

respondent No. 1.

Mr. Janesh Gupta, Advocate,

for respondent No. 2.

Virender Singh, Judge (oral ) .

Petitioners have filed the present petition,

under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.P.C.’), for quashing the proceedings in case No. “UTR-CR/7021/2018”, titled

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

as,2025:HHC:41446 ‘Smt. Bimla versus State of H.P.’, initiated, at the instance of respondent No. 2, who has filed application, under Section 156 (3) of Cr. P.C.

2. By way of present petition, following substantive reliefs, have been sought:f i) The present petition filed under Section 4