IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No. 529 of 2026 Reserved on: 04.05.2026 Date of Decision: 08.05.2026.

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

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr Sanjeev Kumar Suri, Advocate.

For the Respondent/State: Mr Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge H The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in FIR No. 72 of 2025, dated 03.04.2025, registered at Police Station Chamba, District Chamba, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, the police received a telephonic information on 03.04.2025 that one

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

person was lying unconscious in his house at Mugla. The police went to the spot and found the dead body of Kewal Kumar. The informant made a statement to the police that Kewal Kumar (deceased) was her neighbour. He used to reside with his wife, Hem Lata (petitioner), and his son Vinay Kumar. He and the petitione