IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.

Cr. MP(M) No. 2925 of 2025

Reserved on : 29.12.2025

Decided on : 01.01.2026

Pankaj Singh …Applicant

Versus

State of Himachal Pradesh …Respondent

Coram

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

Whether approved for reporting?

For the applicant : Mr. Udit Shaurya Kaushik, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. Mohinder Zharaick, Additional

Advcate General, with Ms. Avni Kochhar Mehta, Deputy Advocate General, assisted by ASI Gopal Singh, Police Station Balh, District Mandi,

H.P.

Virender Singh, Judge

Applicant-Pankaj Singh has filed the present

application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’), for releasing him, on bail, during the pendency of the trial, arising out of FIR No. 248/2024, dated 13.12.2024, registered under Sections 103(1), 3(5) & 238 of Bharatiya

Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the BNS), with Police Station Balh, District Mandi, H.P.

2. According to the applicant, he is innocent person and falsely been implicated, in the present case, at the instance of some interested person.

3. The applicant has further pleaded that he has no concern whatsoever, with the cr