IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 4245 of 2013 Reserved on: 18.3.2026 Date of Decision: 27.4.2026.

State of H.P. ...Appellant Versus Chaman Lal ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Appellant : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

For the respondent : M/s Vishali Lakhanpal and Vishal Thakur, Advocates.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge H The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 25.6.2013, passed by the learned Special Judge, Una, Himachal Pradesh (learned Trial Court) vide which the respondent (accused before the learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the charges framed against him. (The 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 Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

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 punishable under Section 3(i)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act (herei