2025:UHC:4166 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1/845/2025 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Lalit Sharma and Mr. Bharat Chaudhary, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Narendra Bali, learned counsel for the complainant. 4. Present applicant-Harshit Rathi, S/o Monu Rathi is praying for regular bail in relation to FIR dated 17.03.2025 registered as FIR No. 0174 of 2025 at P.S. Pathari, District Haridwar wherein the present applicant along with 12 others and one unknown person were implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 190, 191(2), 191(3), 61(2)(A) of BNS 2023 read with Section 3(1)(r), 3(2)(v) of the Schedule Casts and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and under Section 3/25 of the Arms Act. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and though he is named in the FIR but no specific role has been assigned to the present applicant. Apart from this, he submits that in respect of this incident there was counter FIR. He further submits that the other two co-accused, namely, Harshit Mehta and Babit Kumar were already enlarged on bail by this Court and their role is identical to the present applicant. 5. The counsel for the State has not disputed this fact that role of other co- accused who were granted bail is identical to the present applicant and 2025:UHC:4166 since the other two co-accused as named above have already been enlarged on bail by this Court, therefore, the applicant is entitled for parity. 6. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the other two co-accused having similar role to the co-accused who have already been enlarged on bail, this Court is of the the applicant is also entitled for bail on the ground of parity. 7. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant-Harshit Rathi be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 9. It is made clear that after being released on bail, the applicant shall cooperate with the investigation of both FIRs i.e. FIR No. 174 of 2025 and FIR No. 177 of 2025 registered in the same police station. It is further made clear that grant of bail to the present applicant shall not be treated as precedent in respect of other co-accused. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 20.05.2025 Parul 2025:UHC:4166