2025:HHC:44350

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No.194 of 2015

Reserved on: 26.11.2025

Decided on: 18.12.2025

State of Himachal Pradesh

...…. Appellant

Versus

Abhishek Kumar …. Respondent

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr. Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate

General.

/State

For the Respondent : Mr. Prem Singh Negi, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

dated 15.10.2014, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Shimla, District Shimla, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 26.06.2012 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.1, Rohru, District Shimla, (learned Trial Court) were set aside. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same

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

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 presented a challan against the accused before the learned Trial Court for the commission of offences puni