IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 3028 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.01.2026 Date of DecisionH:23.01.2026 Ajay Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approvoed for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : M/s Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary and Panku Chaudhary, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for regular bail in F.I.R. No. 55 of 2024, dated 11.03.2024, registered in Police Station Baddi, District Solan, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985.

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 police recovered 10.200 kgs of charas from a vehicle bearing registration No. HP-81-2679, in which Dinesh. Kumar was present in the driver’s seat, and Ajay Kumar (present bail petitioner) was occupying the front seat. The police arrested the occupants of the vehicle and seized the charas and the veh