HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Bail Application No. 2225 of 2024 Anirudh Singh ….....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent Present:- Mr. Prem Kaushal, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Brief Holder for the State. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) Applicant Anirudh Singh is in judicial custody in FIR/Case Crime No. 438 of 2024, under Sections 274, 275, 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 60/62/72 of the Uttar Pradesh Excise Act, 1910 and Section 103/104 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, P.S. Kotwali Ranipur, District Haridwar. He has sought his release on bail. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. According to the FIR, on 23.10.2024, the police chased a car. The driver of the car managed to escape. Another occupant was the applicant. He was apprehended and liquor in huge quantity was recovered from the car. It was not genuine liquor. 2 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the applicant was merely a passenger in the car. On being asked, he admits that the car was not a taxi. 5. It is a case of illicitly manufactured liquor. There is no forensic science laboratory report. Admittedly, the applicant has no criminal history. 6. 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. 7. The bail application is allowed. 8. 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) 10.02.2025 Avneet/