IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 313 of 2016 Reserved on: 10.03.2026 Date of Decision: 16.04.2026.

Kamal ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. t ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes For the Petitioner : Mr Deepak Kaushal, Senior Advocate, with Mr Aditya h Chauhan, Advocate.

For the respondent/State : Mr Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 23.09.2016 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Sirmaur District, at Nahan (learned Appellate Court) vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 22.01.2015 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nahan, District Sirmaur, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld. (Parties

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

shall 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 Hrise to the present appeal are that the police presented a challan before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of