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2025 DAILYLAW 36 (UTT)

PRAVESH SINGH CHAUHAN v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

BA1/1081/2025 · 2026-02-10

Alok Mahra

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No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS BA1 No. 1081 of 2025 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. M.S. Pal, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. Vikas Anand and Ms. Amreen Bano, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. The applicant – Pravesh Singh Chauhan, who is in judicial custody in connection with FIR/Case Crime No. 44 of 2025, under Sections 8 and 20 of NDPS Act, registered at P.S.- Kotwali Almora, District Almora, has sought his release on bail. 4. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that applicant has been falsely implicated in the case; that there is no independent witness to corroborate the recovery of the alleged contraband; that the compliance of Section 50 and 57 of NDPS Act has not been made in letter and spirit and that as per the recovery memo, FIR number was entered into inventory report prepared at the spot but, there is no corresponding G.D. entry regarding entry of the FIR number in the inventory report, which was admittedly prepared prior to lodging of the FIR and that the applicant is languishing in jail since 19.05.2025. 6. Learned State Counsel, on the other hand, has vehemently opposed the bail application. 7. Having considered the submissions, under the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that it is a case fit for bail and the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail. 8. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 9. 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, subject the following conditions:- i) The applicant shall attend the trial Court regularly, and, he will not seek any unnecessary adjournment. ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of this case. iii) The applicant shall not leave India without any prior permission of the trial Court. 10. It is clarified that if the applicant misuses or violates any of the conditions, imposed upon him, the prosecution will be free to move the court for cancellation of bail. (Alok Mahra J.) 10.02.2026 Ujjwal