The petitioner, Dupal Singh, was arrested as the driver of a vehicle from which 1.853 kg of Charas (a commercial quantity under the NDPS Act) was recovered on 05.04.2025. He sought regular bail before the Himachal Pradesh High Court, arguing, among other things, that a co-accused had tried to push the packet toward him and that grounds of arrest were not communicated. The court held that vehicle occupants are presumed to be in conscious possession under Sections 35 and 54 of the NDPS Act, and that the mandatory twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act — requiring the court to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is unlikely to reoffend — were not met. Additionally, the court noted that the Supreme Court's ruling on written grounds of arrest (Mihir Rajesh Shah) applies prospectively and that the petitioner's prior pending FIR under the NDPS Act raised apprehension of repeat offending, leading to dismissal of the bail petition.