2025:UHC:3802 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1/661/2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Rishabh Bisht, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Siddharath Bisht, learned Assistant Government Advocate and Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Present applicant ‘Aasif Ansari’ S/o Mohammad Ibrahim, is praying for regular bail in relation to First Information Report dated 09.10.2024 bearing FIR No. 193 of 2024, Police Station - Lalkuan District Nainital, which was lodged against one Shivam Verma for the offences punishable under Sections 179 and 180 of BNS, 2023. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated which is evident from the fact that the applicant was not named in the FIR and only on the basis of the statement of main accused Shivam Verma, who is named in the FIR, the present applicant has been implicated. 5. Apart from this, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant have no previous criminal history and after investigation now the charge-sheet has been filed, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation of the present applicant. He further submits that co-accused Ali Mohammed, has already been enlarged on bail, who was also not named in the FIR. 6. On the other side, learned State counsel have not disputed this fact that charge-sheet has already been filed, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation and furthermore, co-accused Ali Mohammed, has 2025:UHC:3802 already been enlarged on bail 7. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the charge-sheet has already been filed and there is no need of custodial interrogation of the applicant and co accused Ali Mohammed, has already been enlarged on bail, this court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant ‘Aasif Ansari’ 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.) 13.05.2025. SKS