THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 1257 of 2025 Reserved on: 01.08.2025 Date of Decision: 06.08.2025 Krishan Kumar Kasana ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Anand Sharma, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr. Parshant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

For the informant : Mr. Jyotirmay Bhatt, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking pre-arrest bail in FIR No. 107 of 2025 dated 23.04.2025, registered at Police Station Baddi, District Solan, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 221 ,224,

351(2) and 78 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner is a law- abiding citizen. He was telephonically called by the Station House Officer of Baddi Police Station and was to.ld about a complaint dated 23.04.2025 registered against him at the instance of the informant. He enquired about the complaint and found that a