IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 2939 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.1.2026 Date of Decision: 23.1.2026.

Kushal Singh alias Kushal Samrat ...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 : Mr Peeyush Verma, Senior Advocate, with Mr Kush h Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in F.I.R. No. 5 of 2025, dated 27.1.2025, registered at Police Station, Rohru, District Shimla, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 109, 118(1), 126(2) and 115(2) 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, according to the prosecution, the petitioner Kushal Singh, informant Rajiv, Yashwant, Bal Krishan and Vicky Sharma were consuming liquor at Butthli. An altercation occurred between them, and the petitioner inflicted a knife blow to the informant’s stomach and his right-hand thumb. These allegations ar