IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No. 422 of 2012

Reserved on: 2.12.2025

Date of Decision: 20.12.2025.

State of H.P. f ...Appellant

Versus

Pradeep Kumar ...Respondent

Coram r

Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional

Advocate General.

For the Respondent : Mr Ajay Kumar Sood, Senior

Advocate, with Mr Kuldeep

Chandel, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

H The present appeal is directed against the judgment

dated 13.3.2012, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kangra, Court No.1, District Kangra, HP (learned Trial Court), vide which the respondent (accused before the learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the notice of accusation for which he was being tried. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the

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

same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rHise to the present appeal are that the police presented a challan before the learned Trial Court for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian