Chet Ram …. Petitioner Versus State of HP …. Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : Mr Vinod Kumar, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State: Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for regular bail in FIR No. 207 of 2023, dated 01.11.2023, registered at Police Station Bhuntar, District Kullu, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner has been implicated based on a concocted story. The petitioner belongs to

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

a respectable family. He is a young person aged 24 years. He has a family to look after, including aged and ailing parents. The petitioner’s wife is residing in the house of her sister-in-law, along with two minor children aged three and five years, after the incarceration of the petitioner, as there is no one to look after her. The petitioner is in