The State of Himachal Pradesh filed two criminal appeals against respondent Sunil Kisku arising from an incident on 28 April 2013 near Manali, in which the respondent attacked multiple persons with a darat (sickle), causing injuries. The Trial Court (Additional Sessions Judge, Kullu) had convicted the respondent under Sections 324 and 326 IPC but acquitted him under Section 307 IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. The State appealed for enhancement of sentence (Cr. Appeal No. 358 of 2015) and against the acquittal under Section 307 IPC and the Arms Act charges (Cr. Appeal No. 469 of 2015). The High Court upheld the acquittal under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, finding that a darat/sickle is not a 'prohibited arm' under the Arms Act, 1959, and no Central Government notification prohibiting it was placed on record. The judgment as reproduced does not contain the final operative order on the Section 307 IPC issue, as the text is incomplete.