IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No. 338 of 2014

Reserved on: 15.12.2025 Decided on: 01.01.2026

State of Himachal Pradesh

...…. Appellant

Versus

Sunil Kumar …. 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 Sharma, Senior Advocate

with Mr. Atharv Sharma, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The present appeal is directed against the judgment

idated 25.04.2014, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First

Class (II), Dehra, 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 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act). (Parties shall

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

hereinafter be referred to in the same 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