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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RAKESH KAINTHLA
Salman – Appellant
Versus
State of HP – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RAKESH KAINTHLA, J.
The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in FIR No. 54 of 2025, dated 11.5.2025, registered at Police Station BSL Colony, Sundernagar, District Mandi, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 309 (6), 333, 127(2), 351, 115(2), 61(2), 24 (a) of Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and Sections 25 and 27 of the Indian Arms Act.
2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, Shahid, Sartaj and Javed entered informant Naresh Kumar’s house and committed robbery by pointing a knife at his wife. They looted Rs. 80,000-90,000/- along with jewellery. The petitioner was part of the conspiracy, which was hatched on 10.5.2025 in the residence of co-accused Junaid, where all the accused persons had gathered and taken meals. Sartaj and Javed had stolen a motorcycle bearing registration No. HP-28A-6631 from Mandi Bazaar. The petitioner was in regular touch with co- accused Javed between 9.5.2025 and 11.5.2025. The petitioner was not present on the crime scene, and he is being implicated based on the confessional statement made by the co-accused. The investigation is complete, and the custodial interrogation of
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