2025:UHC:8112 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 11th SEPTEMBER, 2025 FIRST BAIL APPLICATION NO.1635 of 2025 Sandeep Rana and Another ..…Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicants : Mr. Birendra Singh Adhikari, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Pradeep Lohani, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. Applicants are in judicial custody for the offence under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in Case Crime No.67 of 2025, registered at Police Station Purola, District Uttarkashi. 2. According to the First Information Report dated 28.07.2025, Pradeep Panwar, the brother of the informant, was a daily wager in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Upendra Rana (named accused) was also working with him. On 26.07.2025, Upendra Rana and his two companions beat Pradeep Panwar. He was mentally disturbed by the said incident. He committed suicide by hanging on 27.07.2025. A suicide note was 1 2025:UHC:8112 found in the pocket of the deceased and according to which Upendra Rana was responsible for his death. The First Information Report has been registered against Upendra Rana. 3. Heard Mr. Birendra Singh Adhikari, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder for the respondent. 4. Mr. Birendra Singh Adhikari, Advocate, contended that the applicants are innocent. They have been falsely implicated during the investigation. They are not aware of the incident of 26.07.2025. The alleged suicide note recovered from the pocket of the deceased does not show that the applicants had in any way provoked, encouraged or incited the deceased to commit suicide. There is no evidence to connect the applicants with the alleged offence. Applicants have no criminal antecedents. They are in judicial custody since 02.08.2025. They are permanent residents of District Uttarkashi, therefore, there is no possibility of their absconding. 5. Mr. Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder, on instruction, 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 2 2025:UHC:8112 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 applicants 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 applicants deserve bail at this stage. 8. The Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Sandeep Rana and Satendra Rana be released on bail on their executing personal bonds and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:11.09.2025 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=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a4a8038ee7326b08b 2d0e018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677068452F32DE6BA96 0BFE64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.09.11 18:19:44 +05'30'