IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 2996 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.01.2026 Date of Decision: 23.01.2026.

Amrish Rana ….Petitioner Versus State of H.P. ….Respondent _____________________________________

Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner(s) : Ms. Sheetal Vyas, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State: Mr. Pushpender Singh Jaswal, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition seeking regular bail in FIR No. 40 of 2025, dated 16.4.2025, registered at Police Station, Gagret, District Una, H.P. for the commission of offences punis hable under Sections 126(2), 308(4), 324(5), 351(2), 352, 62, 111(2)(b) and 238 read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya 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 FIR, the petitioner and the co-accused went to the spot on 15.04.2025 at around 10:00 pm and threatened the JCB driver Shiv Kumar and Tipper Driver Sanjay Rana by waiving a darat and asked them to take away their vehicles. The petitioner deflated the tyres of