2025:UHC:877 SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS ABA No.812 of 2023 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for applicant. 2. Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned A.G.A. with Ms. Sweta Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Delay in filing the objection is condoned. Objection filed by the State is taken on record. Delay condonation application (IA/3/2025) made therefor, is allowed. 4. Applicant is before this Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No.32 of 2017 dated 10.03.2017 registered at P.S. Pant Nagar, District Udham Singh Nagar for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 466, 468, 471, 474, 120-B & 34 IPC and Section 8/9 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Special Sessions Trial No.5 of 2020), State Vs. Amrit Pal & others, pending in the court of Special Judge (Anti Corruption), Nainital. 5. It is the contention of learned counsel for the applicant that the said FIR was lodged against as many as 113 accused persons, in respect of same land scam, which is commonly known as ‘N.H. Ghotala in Uttarakhand’. It is further submitted by him that most of the accused persons have been enlarged on bail by this Court, and many of them have been given anticipatory bail by this Court. He further 2025:UHC:877 submitted that this is a case of parity. 6. Per contra, learned State Counsel does not dispute this fact of the case being of parity with those who have already been released on bail or anticipatory bail. Some orders passed by this Court are also annexed by the applicant as annexure o.1 of the urgency application (IA/1/2024). 7. In view of the above, this Court is inclined to grant the anticipatory bail to the applicant. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is allowed. In the event of applicant being arrested, the applicant shall immediately be released on anticipatory bail by the Investigating Officer on furnishing the personal bond and two reliable sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. 8. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 13.02.2025 PN