IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No.76/2026.

Date of Decision: 27^th February, 2026.

Surinder Pal .....Petitioner.

Versus State of Himachal Pradesh …..Respondent.

Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Yashveer Singh Rathore, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Gobind Korla, Addl. Advocate General.

ASI, Bhoginder Kumar, I.O. District Kangra HP, is present in person.

Bipin Chander Negi, Judge (oral).

The present bail petition has been filed under Section

483 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) for grant of regular bail, arising out of FIR No.64/2024 dated 12.03.2024, registered at Police Station, Kangra, District Kangra, H.P., for an offence punishable under Sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the status report.

3. The brief facts are that on 12.03.2025, the Police party while on patrolling, at about 2:30 in the night found a vehicle (Alto car) bearing number HP-76-5951 parked on the roadside of the Nagrota road towards Mattaur in front of the Toyota Agency. The interior lights of the vehicle we