HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Third Bail Application No. 49 of 2025 Ravi Negi ........Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent Present:- Mr. V.S. Yadav, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. B.N. Molakhi, Deputy Advocate General for the State. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) Applicant Ravi Negi is in judicial custody in FIR No. 38 of 2023, under Sections 8/22/60 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Ramnagar, District Nainital. He has sought his release on bail. 2. This is third bail application of the applicant. His first bail application was dismissed as withdrawn on 06.01.2025, whereas his second bail application was rejected on 13.05.2025. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the entire prosecution case is false, because the arrest memo bears the FIR number, which was lodged much after the arrest. 5. Learned State Counsel admits that the arrest memo bears the FIR number. He submits that after lodging of the FIR, its number was recorded in the arrest memo. 2 6. The Court posed a question as to who recorded the FIR number in the arrest memo and as to whether there is any document to this effect? The answer is in negative. 7. Having considered, this Court is of the view that it is a case fit for bail and the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail. 8. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant Ravi Negi be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Ravindra Maithani, J) 25.09.2025 Avneet/