IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No.233 of 2014 Reserved on: 18.03.2026 Date of Decision: 11.05.2026 Gian Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the petitioner : Mr Naresh Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent/ : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate State General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 19.05.2014, passed by learned Sessions Judge (Forest), Shimla, H.P. (learned Appellate Court) vide which the judgment of conviction dated 16.03.2009 and order of sentence dated

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

20.03.2009, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. IV, Shimla, H.P. (learned trial Court) were partly upheld. (P.arties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenieHnce.)

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present revision are that the police presented a challan before the learned trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punish