IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CrMMO No. 61 of 2026 Date of Decision: 20.4.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Raj Mal ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh …....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Karan Kapoor, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General.

HC Naresh Kumar, PS Sadar, District Mandi, present with record.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

h Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with order dated 23.12.2025 (Annexure P-2), passed by the learned Special Judge, Mandi, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, in CrMA No.102 of 2025, titled Raj Mal v. State of Himachal Pradesh, whereby application under Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short “BNSS”), having been filed by the petitioner-accused for preserving the CDRs, Tower Location and Customer Application Form, came to be dismissed, petitioner-accused has approached this Court in the instant proceedings filed under Se.ction 5