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2025:UHC:4298 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s
order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
BA1/693/2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
1. Mr. Vikas Singh Yadav, 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 ‘Ashfak Ali’, who is 20.12.2024, is praying for regular bail in relation to First Information Report dated 19.12.2024 bearing FIR No. 0433 of 2024, Police Station – Haldwani, District – Nainital wherein present applicant has been implicated for the offence punishable under Section 8 / 22 / 60 of the NDPS Act.
4.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant, is non commercial quantity and there is no substantial compliance of Section 50, 52, 55 and 57 of the NDPS Act and the present applicant has no previous criminal history.
5. On the other side, learned State Counsel have not disputed this fact that alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant is non commercial quantity and present applicant has no previous criminal history.
6. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into
consideration that alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant is a non commercial quantity and the present applicant has no previous criminal history, therefore, this Court is of the view that
2025:UHC:4298 applicant deserves for bail.
7. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant ‘‘Ashfak Ali” 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.)
22.05.2025. SKS