Sonika Rana filed a bail application before the Himachal Pradesh High Court after being arrested in connection with the recovery of 32.56 grams of heroin from her house during a police search on 24.02.2026, with charges framed under Sections 21, 25, and 29 of the NDPS Act. The prosecution relied on statements by co-accused implicating her in purchasing heroin from Ludhiana, as well as a prior FIR (No. 170/2021) against her. The court noted that confessions made to police are inadmissible under Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act and Section 162 of the CrPC, and that co-accused confessions are not substantive evidence, relying on the Supreme Court's ruling in Tofan Singh. Considering that the chargesheet had been filed, custodial interrogation was no longer required, and the petitioner was a permanent resident of Kangra, the court weighed these factors against the stringent bail conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act. The court appears to have granted bail to the petitioner on the basis that the co-accused statements and police disclosures could not alone satisfy the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act.