IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.

Cr.MP(M) No. 685 of 2026 Decided on: 12.05.2026 ________________________________________________________

Ev Raj ………..Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh o ….Respondent ____________________________ ____________________________

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ Yes.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Hitender Verma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan & Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General.

ASI Vishal Singh, Police Station Swarghat, District Bilaspur, HP, present in person along with record.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral) :

Bail petitioner Ev Raj, who is behind bars since

03.03.2026, has approached this Court by way of present petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.5 of 2024, dated 08.02.2024, registered at Police Station Swarghat, District Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, under Sections 20 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short “ND & PS Act”).

1 Whether the reporte