IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 384 of 2015P Reserved on: 20.03.2026.

Decided on: 23 .0

4.2026 Manoj Kumar ...…. Petitioner Versus o Shankar Dass and another …. Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?^{1 Yes} For the Petitioner : Mr Surya Chauhan, Advocate.

For the Respondent no. 1 : Mr H S Rangra, Advocate For th e Respondent no. 2 : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, h Additional Advocate General Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 21.09.2015 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 12.03.2015 passed by the learned Special Judicial Magistrate, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld.

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

(Parties 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 rise to the present revision are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the