Raman Kumar @ Rambo vs State of H.P.

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2026 Supreme(HP) 33

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RAKESH KAINTHLA
Raman Kumar @ Rambo – Appellant
Versus
State of H.P. – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr Chetan Thakur, Advocate, vice Mr Arun Sehgal, Advocate.
For the Respondent:Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.

The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in FIR No. 13 of 2025, dated 15.01.2025, registered at Police Station Dharamshala, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act).

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, the police were on patrolling duty on 15.01.2025. They saw the petitioner carrying a backpack coming from Dadnu. He tried to run away after seeing the police. The police apprehended him, and the petitioner identified himself as Raman Kumar (present petitioner), in the presence of an independent witness. The police checked the backpack and recovered heroin from it. Police arrested the petitioner and seized the heroin. The allegations made against the petitioner are false. The quantity of heroin stated to have been recovered from the possession of the accused is an intermediate quantity, and the rigours of Section 37 of the NDPS Act do not apply to the present case. The petitioner would abide by the terms and conditions that the Court may impose. Hence, it was prayed that the present petition be al