Harshdeep Thakur VS State of Himachal Pradesh

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RAKESH KAINTHLA
Harshdeep Thakur – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent

Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner(s):Mr. Arvind Sharma, Advocate and Mr. N.S. Chandel, Senior Counsel, assisted by M/s V.K. Gupta and Shwetima Dogra, Advocates
For the Respondents/State:Mr. Lokender Kutlehira, Additional Advocate General, for the respondents/State, in both the petitions.

JUDGMENT

Rakesh Kainthla, J.—The petitioners have filed the present petitions seeking regular bail, in FIR No. 216 of 2024, dated 25.11.2024, registered at Police Station Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 20, 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). Since both the petitions have arisen out of the same FIR, they are being taken up together for disposal.

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, the police were on patrolling duty on 25.11.2024 near Tapowan near Vidhan Sabha Chinmay Ashram. They intercepted a vehicle bearing registration No. HP-01D-8971. Another vehicle bearing registration No. HP-73-5202 reached the spot, whose driver tried to reverse it after seeing the police. The police intercepted the vehicle. The driver revealed his name as Anshuman. The person sitting beside the driver revealed his name as Harshdeep Thakur. The police searched the vehicle and recovered 1108 grams of charas. Anshuman disclosed that charas was supplied by Vicky @ Bango. The police arrested Vicky @ Bango. The petitioners were falsely implicated, and there is no material to connect them t