IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No. 32 of 2016 Reserved on: 20.03.2026.

Decided on : 08.05.2026 Jai Pal o...…. Petitioner Versus State of H.P. …. Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Mr Mohinder Verma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, g Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 17.12.2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Shimla, District Shimla camp at Rohru, (learned Appellate Court) vide which judgment of conviction dated 06.12.2011 and order of sentence dated 08.12.2011 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.1, Rohru, H.P.

Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment?Yes.

(learned Trial Court) were partly modified. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were a.rrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present revision are that the police presented a cha llan before the learned Trial Court against the accused foor the commissio