2025:UHC:9019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 10TH OCTOBER, 2025 FIRST BAIL APPLICATION NO.1843 of 2025 Keshav Pal ..…Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Mani Kumar, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Pradeep Lohani, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. The Applicant-Keshav Pal is in judicial custody for the offence under Section 303(2), Section 317(2), Section 111 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in the First Information Report No.336 of 2024, registered at Police Station Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar. 2. According to the respondent, a Splendor motorcycle (Registration No.UK06BA4964) of the informant was stolen on 18/19-11-2024. The First Information Report was registered on 30.11.2024 against unknown person. On 11.07.2025, nine motorcycles were recovered from the possession of the 1 2025:UHC:9019 present applicant and co-accused persons. Applicant was arrested. 3. Heard Mr. Mani Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder for the respondent. 4. Mr. Mani Kumar, Advocate, contended that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present matter. The said motorcycles were not stolen by the applicant. The said motorcycles were not recovered from the possession of the applicant. The said recovery was planted. There was no independent witness at the time of the alleged recovery. Applicant is not a convicted person. He is a permanent resident of District Udham Singh Nagar, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding. Charge-sheet has already been filed, and, Rajesh Kumar, the co-accused of similar role, has already been granted regular bail by this Court. 5. Mr. Pradeep Lohani, 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 trial 2 2025:UHC:9019 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- Keshav Pal 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. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:10.10.2025 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=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a4a8038ee7326 b08b2d0e018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677068452F32DE 6BA960BFE64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.10.10 16:48:04 +05'30'