IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP(M) No. 1645 of 2025 Reserved on: 07.10.2025 Date of Decision: 16.10.2025 Josef Onyeka ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : Mr Rajiv Rai, Advocate.

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

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in FIR No. 158 of 2023, dated 04.08.2023, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short ‘NDPS Act’) and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act at Police Station, Sadar Solan, District Solan, H.P. 2. It has been asserted that the petitioner was implicated based on a statement made by Gaurav and the chat recorded on the mobile phone. The statement made by a co-

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

accused is inadmissible in evidence. The Chat is with a person named Sugar, and there is no material to connect the petitioner to Sugar. The petitioner was arrested in Delhi, but no witness