Swaroop Chand ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh t ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Udit Shaurya Kaushik, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State : Mr. Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in FIR No. 109 of 2024, dated 24.12.2024, registered at Police Station Darlaghat, District Solan, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short ‘the ND&PS Act’).

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

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, the police searched Pandit Dhaba and recovered one weighing machine and a plastic packet containing 47.38 grams of opium. The police seized the packet and arrested the petitioner. The petitioner is innocent, and he was falsely implicated. He belongs to a respectable family. The police have filed the charge sheet, and no fruitful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody. Heunce, it was prayed that the presen