Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CRMPM No.869 of 2025 a/w CRMPM No.873 of 2025 Date of decision: 24.06.2025 1. CRMPM No.869 of 2025 Mukesh Negi. ...Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh. ...Respondent. 2. CRMPM No.873 of 2025 Devender Thakur. ...Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh. ...Respondent. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. Amit Singh Chandel and Mr. Abhinav Mehta, Advocates. For the respondent(s) : Ms. Leena Guleria, Deputy Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge These bail petitions arise out of FIR No.129 of 2022 registered on 06.06.2022 under Section 20 & 29 of NDPS Act at Police Station Sadar, District Bilaspur, H.P. Several orders have been passed in these bail petitions from time to time. A specific reference is being made to order passed on 18.06.2025 in the bail petitions, which reads as under:- -2- “Respondent-State has filed fresh affidavit dated 30.05.2025. In terms of this affidavit, out of total twenty witnesses, fifteen witnesses have already been examined and only five witnesses remain for examination. 2. Learned Deputy Advocate General submits that the case is listed before the learned Trial Court for today and tomorrow (19.06.2025) for examination of the witnesses; Two witnesses i.e. Sr. Nos. 9 and 20 have been summoned for today, whereas one witness i.e. Sr. No. 18 is scheduled to be examined tomorrow (19.06.2025). Learned Deputy Advocate General submits that one of the witnesses, namely Sh. Anil Sharma, will be given up by the prosecution tomorrow (19.06.2025). Thereafter, only one witness will remain for examination, namely Inspector Sh. Bhupinder Thakur. Learned Deputy Advocate General submits that though this witness has not been summoned for tomorrow (19.06.2025), however, in case Court directs, the prosecution will undertake to produce this witness before the learned Trial Court for recording his statement on 19.06.2025 i.e. the date already fixed for recording the statement of the witnesses. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners would have no objection for examining the remaining witnesses today and tomorrow (19.06.2025) during the trial fixed for the purpose before the leaned Trial Court and that witnesses produced by the prosecution including Inspector Sh. Bhupinder Thakur will be crossexamined for the petitioners. 4. In view of above submissions, let the respondent produce Inspector Sh. Bhupinder Thakur before the learned Trial Court for the purpose of leading his evidence, besides producing ASI Raj Kumar, who has otherwise been summoned for recording his statement in the trial for tomorrow (19.06.2025). In case Inspector Sh.Bhupinder Thakur is produced by the respondent before the learned Trial Court tomorrow, then learned Trial Court shall proceed to record his statement in accordance with law. List on 24.06.2025.” Pursuant to the above order, learned Deputy Advocate General submits that prosecution has completed its entire evidence and statements of remaining prosecution witnesses were recorded by the learned Trial Court on 18 & 19 -3- of June, 2025. It was also submitted that the trial is now fixed for 27.06.2025 for recording the statement of the bail petitioners under Section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code. 2. In view of above, learned counsel for the bail petitioners submits that petitioners do not want to press the bail petitions. The petitions to stand disposed of accordingly so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua 24th June, 2025 Judge (Pardeep)