HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Anticipatory Bail Application No.1017 of 2025 Laxmi Dutt ...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….Respondent Present:- Mr. Narendra Bali, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Chitrartha Kandpal, Brief Holder for the State. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral) Applicant Laxmi Dutt seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No.0108 of 2024 punishable under Sections 115(2), 351(2), 352, 74 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Banbasa, District Champawat. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. According to the FIR, on 20.10.2024, one Tinku Sharma alongwith 15 other associates came to the shop of the applicant for cutting the pillar of the shop to take its possession. The wife of Tinku Sharma threatened the applicant to death and during the altercation, the son of the applicant also sustained injuries. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the name of the applicant has been unnecessarily dragged into the FIR arising out of sudden altercation. After the investigation, the police has submitted a charge-sheet against the present applicant. 5. These facts have not been denied by the learned State Counsel. 2 6. Having considered, this Court is of the view that this is a case, in which the applicant may be granted anticipatory bail. The instant anticipatory bail application deserves to be allowed. 7. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 8. In the event of his arrest, the applicant shall be enlarged on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer concerned. In addition to it, the applicant shall also comply with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall not approach any witness in any manner, whatsoever. (ii) The applicant shall not leave the country without prior permission of the court concerned. (iii) The applicant shall deposit his passport with the court concerned. The passports may only be returned by the order of the court concerned. In case the applicant does not have passport, he shall give an undertaking to that effect to the court concerned. (iv) The applicant shall also give an undertaking on (i) & (ii) above. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 09.09.2025 Ravi