2025:UHC:7263 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 18th AUGUST, 2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.265 of 2025 Rishi Bajaj .....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Harshit Sanwal, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. This Application has been filed by the applicant-Rishi Bajaj seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.97 of 2025, registered at Police Station Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar under Sections 109, 191(1), 191(2), 324(2), 351(2) and Section 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. According to the First Information Report dated 26.02.2025, applicant and other co-accused were carrying Kavadd on 25.02.2025. Informant’s son was standing near a Dhaba. They assaulted him with hockeys and sticks and broke his son’s motorcycle. 1 2025:UHC:7263 3. Heard Mr. Harshit Sanwal, learned counsel for applicant and Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for respondent. 4. Mr. Harshit Sanwal, Advocate, submitted that the applicant is an innocent person. He has been falsely implicated in the present matter. He was not present on the spot at the time of the incident. He has no criminal antecedents. He is a permanent resident of District Udham Singh Nagar, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding. He was granted interim bail on 24.03.2025, and, the conditions of interim bail have not been violated by him. 5. Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder, on instruction, has opposed the anticipatory bail application. 6. Personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution of India is very precious fundamental right and it should be curtailed only when it becomes imperative according to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. 7. Having heard the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view of the facts and circumstances of the case, without commenting on the merits of the case, the present Application, filed for 2 2025:UHC:7263 anticipatory bail, is allowed and order dated 24.03.2025, granting interim bail to the applicant, is made absolute. It is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant Rishi Bajaj, he shall be released on anticipatory bail on executing a personal bond of Rs. 30,000/- and two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions:- (i) Applicant shall cooperate with the Investigating Agency and he shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) If the charge-sheet is filed, the applicant shall attend the trial court regularly and he shall not seek any unnecessary adjournment; (iii) Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person, acquainted with the facts of this case; (iv) Applicant shall not leave the country without the previous permission of the trial court. 8. It is made clear that if the applicant misuses or violates any of the conditions, imposed upon him, the prosecution agency will be free to move the Court for cancellation of the anticipatory bail. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:18.08.2025 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=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a4a8038ee7326b08b2d0e0 18b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677068452F32DE6BA960BFE 64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.08.18 18:37:25 +05'30' 2025:UHC:7263 4