IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No. 196 of 2014

Reserved on: 15.12.2025

Date of Decision: 01.01.2026

Kuldip Kumar ..Appellant

Versus o

Subhash Chand & others ...Respondent

Coram

Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr Onkar Jairath, Advocate.

For the Respondents : Mr Dheeraj K Vashisht, Advocate.

R

akesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

dated 31.05.2013 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. II, Amb, District Una, H.P. (learned Trial Court ) vide which, the respondents (accused before learned Trial Court) were acquitted of the commission of an offence punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed

before the learned Trial Court for convenience.

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

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present appeal are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 500 of the IPC. It was asserted