ITEM NO.63 COURT NO.3 SECTION II-C S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.)

No. 19813/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-11-2025 in CRMPM No. 1868/2025 passed by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla]

ROHIT KUMAR Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Respondent(s)

Date : 10-03-2026 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Swaroopand Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Mrigank Bhardwaj, Adv.

Ms. Dhriti Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.

For Respondent(s) :

Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Rana, Adv.

Ms. Tamanna Kavdia, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following NIDHI AHUJA Date: 2026.03.11 Reason:

O R D E R

1) Against the order of rejection of regular bail by the High Court and to seek bail, the present special leave petition has been filed. The petitioner is in custody w.e.f. 01.02.2023 in connection with FIR No.36/2023 dated 01.02.2023 for the offences punishable under Sections 21, 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 201 of the