The petitioner, Sandeep Kumar, filed a petition before the Himachal Pradesh High Court seeking regular bail in connection with FIR No. 133 of 2025 registered at Police Station Damtal, District Kangra, for an offence under Section 21 of the NDPS Act, involving recovery of 20.09 grams of heroin (an intermediate quantity). The petitioner argued that since the quantity was intermediate, the rigours of Section 37 of the NDPS Act did not apply, he had spent over 10 months in custody, the charge-sheet had been filed, and his brother had recently died leaving children without a caretaker. The State opposed bail, citing the petitioner's significant criminal antecedents including a prior conviction and multiple pending FIRs, and the likelihood of him repeating similar offences if released. The Court considered the established Supreme Court parameters for granting bail, including the nature of the charge, severity of punishment, criminal antecedents, and likelihood of the offence being repeated. The judgment text as provided does not record a final operative order, as it concludes mid-analysis while citing Supreme Court precedents on bail principles.