IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. Appeal No.4103 of 2013

Reserved on: 02.12.2025

Decided on: 01.01.2026

State of H.P.

...…. Appellant

Versus

Manohar Singh & others f …. Respondents

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr. Lokender Kutlehria, Additional

Advocate General.

For the Respondents : M/s Parav Sharma and Shekhar

Badola, Advocates.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

g The present appeal is directed against the judgment

idated 20.03.2013, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, First

Class, Court No. II, Palampur, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court), vide which the respondents (accused before the learned Trial Court) were acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections 147, 323, and 325, read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). (The 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 for the commission of offences punishable