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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
JIYA LAL BHARDWAJ
Salima – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
By way of present petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in case FIR No.302 of 2025 dated 26.12.2025 under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “NDPS Act”).
2. As per the prosecution story, on 26.12.2025 at around 12:00 noon, when the police team was checking the vehicles at Rampur Mor near Bandla, District Chamba, H.P., the petitioner who was coming from Tissa side was stopped for checking while she was driving a Red Scooty without a number plate. When the petitioner was asked why the number plate had not been installed on the Scooty, she replied that she was going to Chamba to get it installed. Thereafter, the petitioner was asked to open the dicky of the Scooty for search. She disclosed that the dicky is not in order for the last 10-12 days and that its lock is not in working condition. On suspicion and due to the unsatisfactory response given by the petitioner, the police party deputed C. Rakesh Kumar to call a mechanic, who brought Ashik Ali from Kandla. The said mechanic was apprised of the situation and the lock of the
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