HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL First Bail Application No.22 of 2025 Sushil …..….....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent Present:- Mr. Gaurav Singh and Mr. Pankaj Semwal, Advocates for the applicant. Mr. Virendra Singh Rawat, AGA for the State. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) The applicant is in judicial custody in FIR/Case Crime No.686 of 2024, dated 15.12.2024, under Sections 8/20/60 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“the Act”), Police Station Pathri, District Haridwar. He has sought his release on bail. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. According to the FIR, on 15.12.2024, the applicant and the co-accused were intercepted, who were on the motorcycle. The applicant was the pillion rider and from his possession, 210 Grams Charas was allegedly recovered. 2 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that there is no independent witness of the alleged recovery; it is a case of non-compliance of the provisions of the Act and the applicant is not a previous convict. 5. Learned State counsel would submit that the bail rejection order does not reveal that the applicant is a previous convict. 6. 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. 7. The bail application is allowed. 8. 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.) 08.01.2025 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=e50e50b49596520698eff87e0a08bbd504686df4d1afc60f54a287831de c46fe, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26EEB7122ED0DD23233A255DD8EC450A84B515A087CAEFD1B3 179A7DEAE40699, cn=SANJAY KANOJIA Date: 2025.01.08 18:52:44 +05'30'