SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S SPLA No. 264 of 2023 With CRLA No. 726 of 2023 Manoj Garg ....Appellant Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Another ......Respondenta Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Mr. Jaswant Singh, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Vipul Sharma, learned counsel for the Appellant. 2. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present matter has been listed on the Urgency Applications filed on behalf of the Appellant. 4. As per the office report, service upon Respondent No. 2 is sufficient, having been effected personally. 5. Heard on the Special Leave to Appeal. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, this Court finds sufficient grounds to grant leave to appeal. Accordingly, the Special Leave to Appeal is allowed. 7. Trial Court Record has been received. 8. Let the paper book be prepared by the Registry and furnished to learned counsel for the parties, as per Rules. 9. Considering that the present appeal has been pending since 12.10.2023 and that service upon Respondent No. 2 was effected personally in December, 2023, one last opportunity is granted to Respondent No. 2 to file objection/counter affidavit and place his version on record. 10. List this case on 10.06.2026. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) 12.05.2026 SB