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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
First Bail Application No.2255 of 2024
Saurabh Kumar
….....Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent
Present:- Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Brief Holder for the State.
Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant is in judicial custody in FIR/Case Crime No. 264 of 2024, under Section 65 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3 (a)/4 (2) of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Police Station Jhabrera, 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 would submit that the victim has not supported the prosecution case in her examination under Section 183 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
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This fact is admitted by learned State counsel.
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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 of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
(Ravindra Maithani, J) 09.01.2025 Jitendra