THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 2964 of 2025 Reserved on: 01.01.2026 Date of Decision: 9.01.2026.

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Girdhari Lal ...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. Nand Lal Thakur, Advocate.

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

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail, in FIR No. 0305 of 2025, dated 12.12.2025 registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) at Police Station Baddi, District Solan, 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 police party received a secret information on 12.12.2025 at about 6:50 a.m. that a vehicle bearing registration No. HP-65A-2514 was parked in front of Satyam Stationary. The driver Girdhari Lal (present petitioner) and conductor Bhupender Kumar were selling charas kept in the vehicle. A hu