IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP(M) Nos. : 256 & 414 of 2026 Reserved on :08.05.2026 Decided on : 19.05.2026 Cr. M.P.(M) No. 256 of 2026 Bhupinder Dutta o …Applicant Ver sus State of Himachal Pradersh …Respondent Cr. M.P.(M) No. 414 of 2026 Samta Aggarwoal …Applicant C Versus State of Himachal Pradesh …Respondent Choram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 HFor the applicant(s) : Mr. N.S. Chandel, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Shwetima Dogra and Ms. Kanika Verma, Advocates, for applicant Bhupinder Dutta.

Ms. Mercy Hussain and Mr. Servedaman Rathore, Advocates, for applicant Samta Aggarwal.

For the respondent : Mr. Tejasvi Sharma, Mr. H.S.

Rawat and Mr. Mohinder

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

Zharaick, Additional Advocates General, assisted by Dy. SP Shakti Singh and SI Vijay Pal, CID Bharari, Shimla.

Virender Singh, Judge The above-titled bail applications are being disposed of by the common order, as, both the bail applications have been filed by the applicants, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinaofter referred to as the ‘BNSS’), for releasing them