IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 2755 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.1.2026 Date of Decision: 23.1.2026.

Tushar Sharma ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh t ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : M/s Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary & Panku Chaudhary, Advocates For the Respondent/State : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General, assisted by ASI Bhamdev, IO, PS Manali, District Kullu, HP.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in F.I.R. No. 16 of 2025, dated 23.01.2025, registered at Police Station, Manali, District Kullu, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Sections 103(1) read with Section 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

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

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, the informant, Mayank Thakur, made a complaint to the police, which led to the registration of the FIR. There is no eyewitness in the case. The prosecution has cited 33 witnesses, out of whom only one witness has been examined. The police have f