2025:UHC:7424 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 21st AUGUST, 2025 FIRST BAIL APPLICATION NO.1503 of 2025 Salman ..…Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. The applicant-Salman is in judicial custody under Section 303(2) and Section 317(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in Case Crime No.163 of 2025, registered at Police Station Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar. 2. According to the First Information Report dated 17.05.2025, 30-35 goats and two mobile phones of the informant were stolen by unknown person on 10.05.2025. 3. Heard Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, learned Brief Holder for respondent. 1 2025:UHC:7424 4. Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate, contended that the applicant was arrested on 17.06.2025 without any basis. He is a permanent resident of District Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding. 5. Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, learned Brief Holder, has opposed the bail application orally. 6. Bail is the rule and committal to jail is an exception. Refusal of bail is a restriction on the personal liberty of the individual, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The object of keeping the accused person in detention during the investigation is not punishment. The main purpose is manifestly to secure the attendance of the accused. 7. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for both the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case, no reason is found to keep the applicant behind the bars for an indefinite period, therefore, without expressing any opinion as to the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. 8. The Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Salman be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two 2 2025:UHC:7424 reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:21.08.2025 Neha 3 NEHA BISHT Digitally signed by NEHA BISHT DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a4a8038ee7326b08b2d 0e018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677068452F32DE6BA960B FE64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.08.21 19:05:02 +05'30'