IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Date of decision: 25 .11 .202 5 Vijay Kumar (Presently in Judicial lock-up in MC Jail Kanda, District Shimla, H.P.). ….Petitioner.

Versus State of H.P. ….Respondent.

Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner : Mr.Ashok Kumar, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr.Raj Negi, Deputy Advocate General.

Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge Petitioner has approached this Court under Section 483 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (in short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail in case FIR No. 239 of 2021, dated 26.8.2021, registered in Police Station Kullu, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, under Sections 302, 307, 323, 325, 326, 201, 147, 148, 149, 440, 354, 354-B, 109 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’), Section 25 of Arms Act and Sections 3(1)(r), (s), (w) & 3 (2)(va) of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (herein after referred to as SC&ST Act).

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