IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 2903 of 2025 Reserved on: 01.01.2026 Date of Decision: 09.01.2026.

_____________________________________ Kashin Kashyap ...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. Sunil Kumar Banyal, 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.204 of 2025, dated 22.09.2025, 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 the prosecution, the police party was on patrolling duty on 22.09.2025. They intercepted a vehicle bearing registration No.UP16AX-2143. They searched the vehicle in the presence of Kuldeep Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and Constable Satish Kumar. The driver identified himself as Di