The petitioner Sanjay filed a petition for regular bail before the Himachal Pradesh High Court in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2026, registered at Police Station Kumarsain, District Shimla, for offences under Sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act. The prosecution alleged that 12.36 grams of heroin (an intermediate quantity) was recovered from three persons who, upon interrogation, disclosed they had purchased it from the petitioner, and financial transaction records showed money transferred to the petitioner's account. The petitioner contended he was falsely implicated, that financial transactions alone are not admissible evidence to connect him to the crime, that he had been acquitted in 10 out of 12 prior FIRs, and that the rigours of Section 37 of the NDPS Act did not apply as the quantity was intermediate. The court considered the broad principles for grant of bail as laid down by the Supreme Court in Pinki v. State of U.P. (2025) 7 SCC 314 and other precedents, examining factors such as nature of the charge, prima facie evidence, severity of punishment, and the accused's antecedents. The judgment text provided ends before the final order is recorded.