JUDGMENT Vivek Singh Thakur, J. - Cr.M.P. No.1286 of 2020 Petitioner, an accused in criminal trial in Criminal Case No.47-2 of 2016/15, titled as State of H.P. vs. Rakesh Kalyan, was acquitted by the trial Court vide judgment dated 16.07.2018. 2. The State had preferred an appeal being Cr.Appeal No.48-S/10 of 2018 against acquittal of the accused-petitioner and in that appeal petitioner stands convicted under Sections 354 and 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 3. Being aggrieved by his conviction by the First Appellate Court, for the first time, petitioner has preferred criminal revision in this Court. 4. During hearing for admission, in the aforesaid facts and circumstances, it has been found that petitioner, who was not convicted by the trial Court, but for the first time by the First Appellate Court, is entitled to file appeal against his conviction. In these circumstances, the word 'trial' used in Section 374 of Cr.P.C., is to be considered covering the conviction in the appeal as the appeal is in continuation of trial for the purpose of considering the issue involved in present case. 5. Faced with aforesaid situation, this application has been filed for conversion of criminal revision filed by the petitioner into criminal appeal under Section 374 of Cr.P.C. Revision petition was filed within time. Therefore, after conversion into appeal it is to be considered within limitation. 6. In aforesaid circumstances, application is allowed. Criminal revision is ordered to be converted into criminal appeal by assigning new number as appeal considering the revision petition as closed. 7. Application is disposed of in aforesaid terms. Cr. Revision No.18 of 2020 8. In view of order passed in Cr.M.P. No. 1286 of 2020, this petition be converted into criminal appeal and numbered as such by considering this revision petition as closed and disposed of.