IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA .

Cr.MP(M) No.2522 of 2023 Reserved on: 09.11.202.3 Date of Decision: 22.11.2023.

Sohan Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Chaman Singh, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr. Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General, with ASI Dharam Chand, Police Station Kangra, H.P.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail. It has been asserted that the petitioner was arrested for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short ND&PS Act), registered vide FIR No. 55/2023, dated

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

4.4.2023 in Police Station Kangra, District Kangra, H.P. with the allegations that Police had arrested Ajay Kumar and Ravi Kumar with 1.530 kilograms of charas. They disclosed that they had purchased the charas from the petitioner. They also identified the house of the petitioner. The petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated. No recov