IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No.212 of 2015

Reserved on: 16.12.2025

Decided on: 01.01.2026

State of Himachal Pradesh

...…. Appellant

Versus

Harbhajan Singh …. Respondent

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr. Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate

General.

/State

For the Respondent : Mr. Ajay Chandel, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

dated 06.09.2014, passed by earned Sessions Judge, Kangra at Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 14.10.2008 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class (II), Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were set aside and the accused was acquitted of the charged offences. (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 T