1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 1 of 2001 Decided on December 29, 2010 __________________________________________________________ State of H.P. …Appellant. Versus Khema Ram & Others ...Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.B. Misra, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. ¹Whether approved for reporting? For the appellant: Mr.R.K. Sharma,Senior Additional Advocate General, with Mr. Rajinder Dogra, Additional Advocate General. For Respondent No.1: Mr.Raman Jamalta, vice counsel. For Respondent No.2: Mr.Neeraj Sharma, Advocate. Justice R.B. Misra,J. (Oral) The present Criminal Appeal has been preferred by the State under Section 377 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment dated 21.10.2000, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Court No.5, Shimla, acquitting the respondents/accused Khema Ram, Madan Gopal and Ratti Ram, for the offence punishable under Sections 379, 420, 467, 468 and 471 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act. 2. It has been brought to our notice that each of accused/respondents herein have filed separate Criminal Appeals before the learned Sessions Judge, Shimla, against the same impugned judgment. Accused/respondent Madan Gopal 2 has filed Criminal Appeal No.18-S/10 of 2001/2000, accused / Ratti Ram has filed Criminal Appeal No.24-S/10 of 2000 and accused/respondent Khema Ram has preferred Criminal Appeal No.25-S/10 of 2000. All these Criminal Appeals have been heard jointly by the learned Sessions Judge, Shimla and by a common judgment dated 10.10.2002 passed in above criminal appeals, the accused/respondents have been acquitted for the aforesaid offences. In these circumstances, present Criminal Appeal is dismissed as infructuous. (R.B. Misra) Judge December 29, 2010 (Sanjay Karol) (Purohit) Judge