IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MMO No.41 of 2023 Date of Decision: 24.04.2026 _______________________________________________________________________ Mahender Singh ……...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Others …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? __________________________________________________________________________ For the Petitioner: Mr. Surya Chauhan, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General, for State. Mr. Rupinder Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.2. _______________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) In terms of order dated 03.12.2025, respondent-State has filed status report under the signatures of Station House Officer, Balh, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, perusal whereof clearly reveals that Police, in terms of order impugned in the instant proceedings passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, has already filed closure report. If it is so, instant petition has rendered infructuous. -2- 2. By way of instant petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner to quash and set aside the order dated 12.08.2022 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, in Cr. Revision No.1 of 2022, upholding the order dated 29.10.2021 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Mandi, in case titled as Smt. Asha Verma Vs. Mahender Singh, wherein direction came to be issued to the investigating agency to conduct complete and proper investigation into the matter. 3. Since pursuant to afore order, Police has already conducted investigation and presented closure report in the Court below, nothing has left to be adjudicated in the instant proceedings. 4. In view of the above, present petition is disposed of, as infructuous, reserving liberty to the respondent No.2/complainant to file objections, if any, qua the cancellation report in the Court below, if so advised. The petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms, along with all pending applications. April 24, 2026 (Sandeep Sharma), Rajeev Raturi Judge