2026:HHC:14758 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 146 of 2015 Reserved on: 19.03.2026 Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 Vinod Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. ...Respondent _______________________________________________________________

Coram r Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? No For the Petitioner : Mr R.K. Bawa, Senior Advocate, with Mr Ajay Kumar Sharma, Advocate.

For the respondent/ : Mr Parshant Sen, Deputy Advocate State General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 19^th May, 2015, passed by learned Sessions Judge Kinnaur, Sessions Division at Rampur Bushahr, District Shimla (learned Appellate Court) vide which the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11^th August, 2008, passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, District Kinnaur Camp at Rampur Bushahr, District Shimla (learned Trial Court) were upheld. (The 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 revision are that the police presented a challan before th