IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 227 of 2014 Reserved on: 17.03.2026 Date of Decision: 27.4.2026.

State of H.P. f ...Appellant Versus Atul Sharma ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the ApCpellant : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

For the r espondent : Mr Ajay Chandel, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge i The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 01.04.2014 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Second Class, Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which the respondent (accused before the learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act (MV Act). (Parties shall

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

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 offences