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2025 DAILYLAW 14578 (UTT)

RAVI KUMAR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

BA1/1918/2025 · 2025-11-04

Rakesh Thapliyal

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2025:UHC:9749 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1 No. 1918 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. The present applicant ‘Ravi Kumar’ S/o Shri Daya Ram is praying for bail in reference to First Information Report dated 17.08.2024 bearing FIR No. 517 of 2024 P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun, lodged by one Digamber Singh Chauhan against some unknown persons for the offences punishable under Section 5(g) r/w Section 6 of POCSO Act and also Section 70 of BNS, 2023. 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that all the other co-accused namely Rajesh Kumar Sonkar, Dharmendra Kumar and Devendra Kumar have already been enlarged on bail by this court on 31.10.2025 and the applicant deserves for parity. 5. Apart from this, he submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated, which is evident from the fact that the FIR was lodged after four days of the alleged incident and though the prosecution shown the case of the gang rape but there is no any sign of injury on the body of the victim. This court while granting bail to the other co-accused also gone through with the medical report. 6. Apart from this, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant is languishing in jail since 19.08.2024 and the charge- sheet has already been filed and as such there is no need of the custodial interrogation of the present applicant and furthermore the applicant has no previous criminal history. 7. On the other side, learned State counsel also fairly submits that the present applicant deserves for the benefit of parity of other co-accused, who have been enlarged on bail by this court on 2025:UHC:9749 31.10.2025. 8. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the other co-accused have been enlarged on bail and as such the applicant deserves the benefit of parity. In view of this without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case the bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant ‘Ravi Kumar’ be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 04.11.2025 PR 2025:UHC:9749