2025:UHC:9734 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 04TH NOVEMBER, 2025 FIRST BAIL APPLICATION NO.2072 of 2025 Pankaj Sharma ..…Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mrs. Prabha Naithani, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. The applicant- Pankaj Sharma is in judicial custody for the offence punishable under Section 8 read with Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short, “Act, 1985”) in Case Crime No.591 of 2025, registered at Kotwali Jawalapur, District Haridwar. 2. According to the First Information Report, on 09.10.2025, the applicant was apprehended by the police on suspicion. The police recovered 3.939 kg ganja from the bags of the applicant. He was arrested. 3. Heard Mrs. Prabha Naithani, learned counsel for the applicant and Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, learned Brief 1 2025:UHC:9734 Holder for the respondent. 4. Mrs. Prabha Naithani, Advocate, contended that the applicant has been implicated by the police. The said ganja was not recovered from his possession. The alleged recovery was false. There is no independent witness to substantiate the police story. This fact also makes the story of police doubtful. Applicant is not a convicted person. He is a permanent resident of District Haridwar, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding, and, the alleged recovered ganja is less than commercial quantity. 5. Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, learned Brief Holder, has opposed the bail application. 6. As per the Table prepared in terms of Section 2(xxiii-a) and Section 2 (vii-a) of the Act, 1985, 1000 gm. ganja is small quantity and greater than 20 Kg. is the commercial quantity (Entry No.55). 7. The object of keeping the accused in detention during the investigation is not punishment. The main purpose is manifestly to secure the attendance of the accused. 8. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for both the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any 2 2025:UHC:9734 opinion as to the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. 9. The Bail Application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant – Pankaj Sharma be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:04.11.2025 Neha 3 NEHA BISHT Digitally signed by NEHA BISHT DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=6f1c15b6305912b3f0 08e9a4a8038ee7326b08b2d0e 018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779F B9677068452F32DE6BA960BF E64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE 0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.11.04 16:29:14 +05'30'