IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Aman Bhalla ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ….Respondents Reserved on : May 07, 2026 Date of Pronouncement/Decision: May 11, 2026 Date of Uploading : May 11, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Rai Singh Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

Mr. H.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3.

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SUMEET GOEL, J.

Present Criminal Revision Petition has been filed seeking setting aside of the impugned judgment dated 12.06.2014 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathankot (for short, ‘the trial Court’), whereby respondents No. 2 and 3 were acquitted of the charges framed against them by extending the benefit of doubt. The present petition also seeks setting aside of the judgment dated 28.01.2016 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pathankot (for short, ‘the Appellate Court’), whereby the appeal preferred by the petitioner-complainant against the aforesaid judgment dated 12.06.2014 came to be dismissed.

2. Facts relevant for adjudication of the present petition are that the petitioner, being the complainant, got registered