HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Second Bail Application No.128 of 2025 Balam Singh Bhandari …..….....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent Present:- Mr. Vikas Singh Adhikari, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. B.N. Molekhi, AGA for the State. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) The applicant is in judicial custody in FIR No. 1 of 2024, dated 11.01.2024, under Sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Thalisain, District Pauri Garhwal. He has sought his release on bail. This is the second bail application of the applicant. His first bail application was rejected on 10.02.2025. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. It is argued that the entire case is false; according to the prosecution, the arrest memo was prepared at the spot, but it includes the FIR number, which was lodged much after the alleged recovery. 4. The Court wanted to know from the learned State Counsel, as to how the FIR number could be recorded in the arrest memo, which is recorded at the spot. He submits that according to the instructions, the 2 FIR number was noted on the arrest memo, once FIR was lodged at Police Station, but he could not reveal any document to substantiate this fact. 5. Having considered, this Court is of the view that it is a case fit for bail and the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail. 6. The bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 04.09.2025 Sanjay SANJAY KANOJIA Digitally signed by SANJAY KANOJIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=e50e50b49596520698eff87e0a08bbd504686df4d1af c60f54a287831dec46fe, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26EEB7122ED0DD23233A255DD8EC450A84B5 15A087CAEFD1B3179A7DEAE40699, cn=SANJAY KANOJIA Date: 2025.09.04 18:39:25 +05'30'