Himachal Pradesh High Court
CRMP/4496/2026 of SUSHIL JOGTA Vs PURAN KHOOND on 9 October 2026
HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No.556 of 2026 Date of Decision: 09.10.2026 Sushil Jogta ...Petitioner Versus Puran Khood ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr Aashish Kumar, Advocate. For
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Revision No.556 of 2026
Date of Decision: 09.10.2026
Sushil Jogta
...Petitioner Versus Puran Khood
...Respondent
Coram
Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1
For the Petitioner : Mr Aashish Kumar, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. Vinod Tomar, Advocate.
Rakesh Kainthla, Judge (oral)
Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record a receipt dated 09.10.2026, issued by the Member Secretary, H.P. Legal Services Authority, Kasumpti, Shimla, regarding the deposit of ₹35,025/-, which is more than 7.5% of the cheque amount of ₹2,67,000/-.
2. Learned counsel for the respondent under instruction, submits that the complainant/respondent does not want to proceed further with the complaint in view of the compromise effected between the parties.
Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.
3. In view of above, the judgment passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rampur Bushehar, District Shimla, H.P. in Criminal Appeal bearing filing No. 396 of 2026, decided on 24.07.2026 (learned Appellate Court) affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 16.02.2026, passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rampur Bushehar, District Shimla, H.P. (learned trial Court) in Criminal Complaint under Section 138 of N.I. Act bearing Filing No. 3038 of 2018 are ordered to be set aside and the complaint is dismissed as not pressed.
4. Learned counsel for the parties submits that no amount has been deposited before the Registry of this Court and before the learned Courts below, hence, no order is required qua the disbursement of the amount.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused/petitioner is lodged in Model Central Jail Kanda, Ghanahatti, Shimla, District Shimla. The petitioner is ordered to be released forthwith, if not required in any other case.
6. Release warrants be prepared accordingly and the same be sent to the Jail Superintendent, Model Central Jail Kanda,
Ghanahatti, Shimla, District Shimla and learned Trial Court through FASTER forthwith for necessary compliance.
7. In view of the above, the present petition stands disposed of, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 09th October, 2026 (ravinder) Digitally signed by RAVINDER KUMAR DN: C=IN, O=HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA, Phone=35ecb6f93c6891a7dae90f163e34 d7ecaa420b13af1363204ab0e0f5c87077d c, PostalCode=171001, S=Himachal Pradesh, SERIALNUMBER=f6cc63c55495d14ce1f8 623eacdb6cb9ef2c553803537a2f53c4ee6 37cbebaff, CN=RAVINDER KUMAR Reason: I am the author of this document Location: Date: 2026-10-09 16:57:43 RAVINDE R KUMAR