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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
First Bail Application No.1805 of 2025
Chote Khan
….....Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent
Present:- Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate for the applicant.. Mr. Pankaj Joshi, A.G.A. for the State.
Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant is in judicial custody in Case Crime No. 637 of 2024, under Section 8/21/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Kotwali Roorkee, District Haridwar. He has sought his release on bail.
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Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
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Learned counsel for the applicant submits that nothing was recovered from the applicant. Merely based on the statement of the co- accused, the applicant has been named. There is no material to establish that the application in any manner was involved in the offence.
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Learned State Counsel admits that the co-accused named the applicant as the person from whom he purchased the substance. He submits that there is call detail record.
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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.
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The bail application is allowed.
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Let the applicant 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) 26.09.2025 Jitendra