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2025:UHC:8932
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA
09TH OCTOBER, 2025
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.1129 of 2025
Baldev
.....Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand
..…Respondent
Counsel for the Applicant
: Mr. Bilal Ahmed,
Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Akshay Latwal,
Assistant Government
Advocate assisted by
Mr. Prabhat Kandpal,
Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.
The present Application has been filed by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 230 of 2025, registered at Kotwali Roorkee, District Haridwar under Sections 179, 180 and Section 181 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. The police team apprehended the co-accused Baleshwar alias Bali. The police recovered fake currency of Rs.500/-(Rupees Five Hundred) of two bundles total Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees One Lakh) from his possession. He was arrested. He confessed his guilt. He disclosed the name of co-accused Himanshu and Manish Kumar. 1
2025:UHC:8932 The police recovered fake currency of Rs.2.50 Lakh from the co-accused Himanshu and fake currency of Rs.2.50 lakh from the co-accused Manish Kumar. The co-accused Himanshu and Manish Kumar confessed their guilt and disclosed the name of the present applicant, the co-accused Kapil and the co-accused Deepak. 3. Heard Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the respondent. 4. Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Advocate, contended that the applicant has been falsely implicated by the co- accused Himanshu and Manish Kumar. Applicant is not a convicted person. He is a permanent resident of District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding, and, Kapil and Deepak, the co-accused of similar role, have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Anticipatory Bail Application No.778 of 2025. 5. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate, on instruction, has opposed the anticipatory bail application orally. 6. Having heard the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view of the facts 2
2025:UHC:8932 and circumstances of the case, without commenting on the merits of the case, the present Application, filed for anticipatory bail, is allowed. It is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant Baldev, he shall be released on anticipatory bail on executing a personal bond of Rs.
30,000/- and two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions:-
(i) Applicant shall cooperate with the
Investigating Agency and he shall make
himself available for interrogation by a police
officer as and when required;
(ii) If the charge-sheet is filed, the applicant
shall attend the trial court regularly and he shall
not seek any unnecessary adjournment;
(iii) Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make
any inducement, threat or promise to any person,
acquainted with the facts of this case; (iv) Applicant shall not leave the country without the previous permission of the trial court. 7. It is made clear that if the applicant misuses or violates any of the conditions, imposed upon him, the prosecution agency will be free to move the Court for cancellation of the anticipatory bail. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.
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