IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 104 of 2026 Reserved on: 24.04.2026 Date of Decision: 30.04.2026.

Paras Sharma ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : M/s Sunil Dutt Gautam and Harmohan Thakur, Advocates.

For the Respondent : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General with ASI Babit Kumar, I.O.

Women Police Station.

For the victim : Ms Aanchal Singh, Legal Aid Counsel.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking pre-arrest bail in F.I.R. No. 02 of 2026 dated 16.01.2026, registered for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 64 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 at Women Police Station Solan, District Solan, H.P.

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

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner is a permanent resident of District Sirmour, H.P. He belongs to a respectable and law-abiding family. He has deep social roots, a fixed place of residence, and no criminal antecedents. As per the victim’s own version, she had voluntarily accompanfied