Justice Kainthla: “The petitioner cannot be denied bail simply because he is a resident of a different State.”

Shimla, Nov 3,

In a judgment reinforcing the constitutional guarantee of equality before law, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that bail cannot be denied merely because an accused is not a native of the State. Justice Rakesh Kainthla, while deciding the bail plea of Ugma Ram, held that “the petitioner cannot be denied bail simply because he is a resident of a different State,” adding that the principle of local or regional bias in bail matters has no basis in law.

The order was passed in Cr. MP(M) of 2025, related to an FIR registered under Section 15 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Barotiwala, Solan. The police had recovered 7.033 kg of poppy husk from the petitione

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