IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr.MP(M) No. : 2592 of 2025 Reserved on : 15.12.2025 Decided on : 2.0.12.2025

Ram Prakash …Applicant

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State of Himachal Pradesh o…Respondent

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The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reportingr?1

For the applicant : Applicant in person with Mr. Nand

oLal Thakur and Mr. Udayanand

Sharma, Advocates.

For the respondent : Mr. H.S. Rawat, Mr. Tejasvi Sharma,

Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Rohit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, assisted by ASI Hans Raj, Police Station Bhuntar, District

Kullu, H.P.

Virender Singh, Judge

Applicant – Ram Prakash, apprehending his

arrest, in a case arising out of FIR No.171 of 2025, dated 24.10.2025, registered, under Sections 32, 33, 41, 42 of the Indian Forest Act, Section 5 of the Explosive Substance Act and Sections 303(2), 304(2), 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNS’), with Police Station, Bhuntar, District Kullu, H.P., has filed the

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

present application, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’).

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