IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ORDER ORDER OPERATIVE PART UPLOADED ON RESERVED PRONOUNCED PRONOUNCED OR ON ON FULL

05.03.2026 16.03.2026 FULL PRONOUNCED 16.03.2026 State through Railway Protection Force ...Appellant Versus Roshan Lal and another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Ms. Gurmeet Kaur, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI for the appellant.

Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur, Legal Aid Counsel for respondents No.1 and 2.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Section

03 06.04.2018 RPF, Pathankot 3 of Railway Property (Unlawful Possession Act), 1996 Criminal Case before Trial Court CIS No. COMA/87/2018 CNR No. PBPO030023342018 Date of Decision 06.12.2021

1. Aggrieved by the acquittal of the respondents, by the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathankot, the Railway Protection Force has come up before this Court seeking leave to appeal.

2. I have heard counsel for the Railway Protection Force as well as learned legal aid counsel for the respondents, to ascertain whether the matter is worth granting leave to appeal or not and its analysis would lead to the following outcome.

3. The facts of the case are being taken from the