IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 980 of 2025 Reserved on: 24.03.2026 Date of Decision: 08.05.2026 Surinder Mohan Kanwar ...Petitioner Versus o CBI ...Respondent _____________________________________

Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr Dinesh K. Thakur, Advocate For the respondent/ : Mr Janesh Mahajan, Special Public CBI Prosecutor.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) for quashing of the order dated 10.09.2025 passed by learned Special Judge (CBI), Shimla, District Shimla, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which the petitioner’s application for relaxation of a condition to

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

furnish two surety bonds in the sum of ₹50,000/- was dismissed.

2. It has been asserted that an F.HI.R. was registered based on a complaint made by the State Project Officer, State Project Monitoring and New Initiative Unit Department of Higher Education, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, regarding non- receipt of scholarship by the students under the State Centrally sponsor