IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No. 207 of 2015

Reserved on: 09.12.2025

Decided on: 01.01.2026

State of Himachal Pradesh

...…. Appellant

Versus

Anup Kumar …. Respondent

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional

Advocate General.

/State

For the Respondent : Mr Sanjay Jaswal, Advocate, for the

respondent.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

idated 29.10.2014, passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,

Kangra at Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which the respondent (accused before the learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). (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 pun