IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No.4016 of 2013

Reserved on: 17.11.2025 Decided on: 16.12.2025.

State of H.P.

...…. Appellant

Versus

Mohan Singh alias Sethi

…. Respondent

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant/State : Mr. Ajit Sharma, Deputy

Advocate General.

For the Respondent : Mr. Sanjay Jaswal, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

dated 15.02.2013, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Court No.1, Dehra, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which the respondent (accused before learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

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

and Section 181 of Motor Vehicles Act (M.V.Act). (The 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 appeal are that the police filed a challanf before the learned Trial Court for the commission of offences