SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS BA1 No. 2461 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Vikas Pande, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. The present applicant ‘Vijay Singh’ S/o Nishan Singh is praying for bail in reference to First Information Report dated 28.05.2025 bearing FIR No. 0071 of 2025 P.S. Kotwali Pithoragarh, District Pithoragarh, wherein, the present applicant along with two persons namely Sandeep Joshi and Nishant Bora were implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 8/21 r/w/ Section 29 of NDPs Act. 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated only on the basis of the disclosure of his name by the other two co-accused. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the other two co-accused, who are named in the FIR have already been enlarged on bail by this Court. He further submits that the present applicant is languishing in jail since 10.12.2025 and the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered, is below a commercial quantity i.e. 8.48 grams of heroin. About criminal history he submits there is case of similar nature in which he is already enlarged on bail. 6. On the other side, learned Brief Holder submits that though the charge-sheet has not been filed but she has not disputed that the other two co-accused, who are named in the FIR have already been enlarged on bail and the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered, is below a commercial quantity. 7. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the other two co-accused have already been enlarged on bail and the applicant is made an accused for the offence punishable under Section 29 of NDPS Act, this court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case the bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant ‘Vijay Singh’ be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 10. After taking into consideration that the applicant was involved also earlier in a case of similar nature, it is made clear that after being released on bail the applicant shall report to the nearest police station on the first date of every month and the SHO concerned shall record his presence, failing which the prosecution is free to apprise this court by making mention or to by moving an application. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 22.12.2025 PR