IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 432 of 202P5 Reserved on: 02.04.2026.

Decided on: 24.04.2026 Hoshiar Singh ...…. Petitioner Versus f Rakesh Kumar …. Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 No.

For the Petitioner : Mr G R Palsra, Advocate For the R espondent : Mr Vinod Chauhan, Advocate Rakes h Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 20.06.2025 passed by the learned Sessions HJudge, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (learned Appellate Court)

vide which judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 24.12.2025 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mandi, District Mandi, 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 138 of the Negotiable