IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP (M) No. : 560 of 2026 Reserved on : 07.05.2026 Decided on : 15.05.2026 Pawan Kumar …Applicant Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Another …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the applicant : Mr. K.S. Gill, Advocate.

For the respondents :Mr. Mohinder Zharaick, Additional Advocate General, for respondent No.1.

Mr. Kulbir Thakur, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

Virender Singh, Judge Applicant-Pawan Kumar has filed the present petition, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’), for releasing him on bail, during the pendency of the trial, arising out of FIR No.73 of 2024, dated 02.12.2024, registered under Sections 64, 96 and 137 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as the

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

‘BNS’) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘POCSO Act’), with Police Station Shillai, District Sirmaur, H.P.

2. According to the applicant, he is innocent person and has falsely been implicated and arre