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2025 DAILYLAW 6718 (UTT)

JAY PRAKASH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

BA1/852/2025 · 2025-06-04

Rakesh Thapliyal

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2025:UHC:4528 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1 No. 852 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mrs. Shivangi Gangwar, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Pankaj Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. The present applicant ‘Jay Prakash’ is praying for regular bail in relation to First Information Report dated 05.03.2025 P.S. Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar, wherein, the present applicant along with Suraj Pandey and one Bobby Chaudhary were implicated for the offences punishable under Section 109 r/w Section 351(2) of BNS, 2023. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and he has no concern with the said incident and there is the enemity in between the main accused Bobby Chaudhary with the victim since Bobby Chaudhary also lodged a First Information Report against the victim on 11.02.2025 bearing FIR No. 0079 of 2025 at P.S. Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 324(2), 351(2) and 352 of BNS, 2023. In the FIR lodged by Bobby Chaudhary along with the victim Ankit, two other persons namely Praveen Pratham and Bobby were also implicated. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant fairly submits that there is a long enemity in between the other co-accused with the victim and the main role of causing gun shot fire is assigned to Bobby Chaudhary. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that the applicant has no previous criminal history and serving as a delivery boy in Zomato Company. 7. On the other side, Mr. Pankaj Joshi, learned A.G.A. have not disputed this fact that the applicant has no previous criminal history and in this incident the main accused are the Suraj 2025:UHC:4528 Pandey and Bobby Chaudhary and furthermore Bobby Chaudhary has an enemity with the victim, which is evident from the First Information Report lodged by Bobby Chaudhary against the victim and two other persons bearing Case Crime No. 0079 of 2025. He also fairly submits that the main role has been assigned to Suraj Pandey, however, he submits that since the investigation is going on and if the applicant is enlarged on bail then there is a possibility that somehow he may influence the investigation, therefore, he suggests that some stringent conditions may be imposed. 8. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the main role has been assigned to Suraj Pandey and Bobby Chaudhary and furthermore Bobby Chaudhary has an enemity with the victim and no specific role has been assigned to the present applicant and the applicant has no previous criminal history, this court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 9. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case the bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant ‘Jay Prakash’ be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 11. It is made clear that after being released on bail the applicant shall report to the concerned nearest police station in every month till the conclusion of the investigation and will cooperate with the investigation, failing which the prosecution is free to move an application for cancellation of bail. Further granting bail to the present applicant shall not be treated as a precedent in respect of other accused. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 04.06.2025 PR 2025:UHC:4528