IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 2808 of 2025 Reserved on: 01.01.2026 Date of Decision: 9.01.2026.

_____________________________________ Mohit ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikas Rathore, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr. Lokender Kutlehira, Additional Advocate General, for the respondent/State.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail, in FIR No. 237 of 2025 dated 28.10.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 20,25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) at Police Station Sundernagar District Mandi, H.P.

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

2. It has been asserted that, as per prosecution, the petitioner was travelling in a vehicle bearing registration No. HP- 72A-1340, from which the 329 grams of charas was recovered. The petitioner is innocent. There is no material to connect him to the charas. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Una and there is no l