IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 369 of 2014 Reserved on: 12.03.2026 Date of Decision: 27.4.2026.

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

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes For the ApCpellant : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

For the r espondent : Mr Naresh Kaul, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge i The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 03.03.2014 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Indora, District Kangra, H.P. (learned Trial Court). (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 appeal are that the police presented a challan before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of offences

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

punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act). It was asserted that the informant Devinder Singh (PW1) was going to his home on 09.12.2008 on his m