IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 199 of 2024 Reserved on: 24.03.2026.

Decided on : 23.04.2026 Nukesh Kumar ...…. Petitioner Versus Punjab National Bank …. Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : Mr Tek Chand, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr Arvind Sharma, Advocate Rakesh Kainthla, Judge H The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 06.03.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dehra, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 25.02.2016 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehra, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld. (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 revision are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 1