No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS BA1 No. 687 of 2025 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Pawan Mishra, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Rakesh Joshi, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The applicant – Ankit Patel, who is in judicial custody in connection with FIR/ Case Crime No. 232 of 2024, under Section 96, 137(2) of BNS, registered at Police Station- Rajpur, District Dehradun, has sought his release on bail. 3. In this case, a missing report was filed by the mother of the victim, in which, it was alleged that the victim is missing from her house since the afternoon of 11.10.2024. Thereafter, the victim was recovered. Her statements were recorded under Section 180 and 183 of BNSS, wherein, she has submitted that she has gone with the applicant as he has promised her that they would get married. But, when the victim was examined before the Court, she totally took a u-turn inasmuch as she has denied to identify the applicant. There are major contradictions in the statements of the victim under Section 180 of BNSS and 183 of BNSS. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that applicant has falsely been implicated in the case, that applicant is languishing in jail since 23.10.2024, that victim has already been examined in the court, therefore, there are no chances of tampering with the evidences or influencing the witness. Thus, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 5. Learned State Counsel, on the other hand, has vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 7. Considering the submission of learned counsel for the parties and also considering the fact that applicant is languishing in jail since 23.10.2024 and as such the victim has already been examined in the court, therefore, there are no chances of tampering with the evidences or influencing the witness, without expressing any opinion, as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. 8. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant be released on bail, on executing personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of like amount, to the satisfaction of Court concerned. ( Alok Mah r a, J.) 18.05.2026 Ujjwal