IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 247 of 2026 Reserved on: 30.03.2026 Date of Decision: 09.04.2026.

Satnam Singh ...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 Prikshit Rathour, Advocate. For the Respondent/State : Mr. Jitender K. Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in F.I.R. No. `366 of 2024, dated 09.12.2024, registered at Police Station Nalagarh, District Solan, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short ‘NDPS Act’)

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 were on patrolling duty on 09.12.2024. They received a secret information at 3:50 p.m. that Satnam (petitioner) was standing at the exit gate of Nalagarh Bus Stand with the intention to sell heroin. The police reduced the information into writing and went to the spot where the petitioner was found wi