IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
VIRENDER SINGH
Vishnu Das Vaishnav – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Virender Singh, J.
Applicant-Vishnu Das Vaishnav, has filed the present application, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as the 'BNSS'), seeking the relief of bail, during the pendency of the trial, arising out of FIR No.213 of 2024, dated 14.07.2024, registered under Sections 15 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, (hereinafter referred to as ‘NDPS Act’), with Police Station Sadar Una, District Una.
2. According to the applicant, he is an innocent person and has been named, in the said case, mainly, on the basis of false allegations, made by his co-accused Rahul Sharma and Gaurav Sharma.
4. The applicant has further pleaded that he has no connection whatsoever with the above two accused and his name has wrongly been added in this case with an ulterior motive to implicate him. The applicant is stated to have been named, as accused, in this case, without any substantive evidence.
5. It is the further case of the applicant that he is from respectable family and having deep roots in the society. The applicant is stated to be an agriculturist by profession and is also running a small Dhaba.
6. It is the fu
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