IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 2179 of 2025 Reserved on: 06.01.2026 Date of Decision: 23.01.2026.

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Noop Ram @ Anup Ram f...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram u Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : M/s Rakesh Chaudhary & Panku Chaudhary, Advocates.

For the Respondent : Mr Lokender Kutlheria, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition seeking regular bail in FIR No. 125 of 2023, dated 28.11.2023, registered at Police Station Banjar, District Kullu, H.P, for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act).

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner is innocent and that he was falsely implicated. The investigation has been

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

completed, and the charge sheet was filed before the Court on 23.02.2024. The matter was listed for recording the statements of prosecution witnesses on 05.01.2026. The prosecution has only e