IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHI.MLA Cr.MMO No.401 of 2023 Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 ______________________________________________________.____________________

Manik Kumar ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Another …....Respondents Coram f Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? Yes.

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For the Petitioner: Mr. rNeeraj K. Sharma, Senior Advocate, with Mr.

Hemant Kumar Thakur and Mr. Vidush Chauhan, Advocates.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General, for CState __________________________________________________________________________

Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By way of instant petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of FIR No.467 of 2020, dated 27.12.2020, registered at Police Station Sadar Una, District Una, Himachal Pradesh, under Section 420 and 201 of IPC and Sections 39(1)(a) and 39(2) of the Himachal Pradesh Excise Act (for short, ‘the Act’) along with consequential pro