The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed the bail plea of alleged drug trafficker Sandeep Shah, calling him a habitual Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) offender whose release would endanger society amid the state’s worsening drug crisis.

Justice Sandeep Sharma, refusing the plea, observed that Himachal Pradesh was battling an escalating narcotics problem that had pushed a large section of its youth into addiction.

“The parents of the children in the State are no more worried about the careers of their children; rather, they are more worried about their children getting into drugs,” the judge noted, terming drug abuse and its consequences “a national crisis.”

Shah, arrested on April 21, 2025, is accused of operating a heroin supply network in Shimla using courie

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