IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No. 480 of 2015

Reserved on 13.11.2025

Date of Decision: 03.12.2025

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State of H.P. ...Appellant.

Versus

Govind Ram t ...Respondent.

Coram u

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Romesh Verma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the appellant: Mr. J.S. Guleria, Deputy

Advocate General.

For the respondent: Mr. N. K. Thakur, Sr. Advocate,

with Mr. Karanveer Singh

Thakur, Advocate.

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Romesh Verma , Judge

The present appeal arises out of the

judgment of acquittal passed by the learned Special Judge-II, Chamba, District Chamba, H.P. on 25.03.2015, whereby, respondent has been acquitted of the charges in case FIR No. 122/2014 dated

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

12.04.2014, registered at Police Station Sadar, Chamba, District Chamba, H.P. under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic SubstanHces Act, (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The story, as projecteod by the prosecution against the respondent, is tha t on 12.4.2014 at about 9.25 a.m. H.C Virender Singh, alongwith Constable Yog Raj, Constable Sunil Kumar