IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No.377 of 2014 Reserved on: 12.03.2026 Date of Decision: 24.04.2026 Vipan Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the petitioner t: Mr Suneet Goel, Senior Advocate with Mr Aman Hansretta, Advocates.

For the Respondent/ State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge C The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 14.11.2014, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hamirpur, Circuit Court Barsar, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which judgment of conviction idated 15.02.2012 and order of sentence dated 23.02.2012,

passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Barsar District Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Trial Court), were upheld. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.) 1. Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present revision are that the police presented a challan agains.t th