IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 619 of 2026 Reserved on: 24.04.2026 Date of Decision: 30.04.2026.

Gurwinder 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 Mohit Thakur, Advocate.

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

P.S. Fatehpur.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking pre-arrest bail in F.I.R. No. 21 of 2026 dated 13.02.2026, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 115 (2), 352, 351 (2) and 109 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 (BNS) and Section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Fatehpur, District Kangra, H.P.

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

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, Ajay Ali and the informant Rafi Mahomad were unloading stone.s from a tractor trolley. The petitioner objected to illegal mining, took out a pistol, fired in the air, slapped the inforHmant and threatened him in Punjabi. The police recovered one fired cartridge from the spot. The