2025:UHC:6862 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.1380 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Ms. Abhilasha Tomar, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Present applicant–Nikesh Chandra S/o Harish Chandra Pandey is seeking regular bail in relation to first information report dated 15.07.2025 bearing FIR No.0196 of 2025, Police Station ITI, District Udham Singh Nagar, wherein the present applicant along with one Digvijay Suyal have been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 8/20 read with Section 60 of the NDPS Act. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant, is below commercial quantity, and, furthermore, the applicant is having no previous criminal history. 5. She further argued that there is no proper substantial compliance of the mandatory provision of the NDPS Act and at the time of arrest, the grounds of arrest were not provided. 6. On the other side, Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned Brief Holder for the State on written instruction, apprise to this Court that the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant, is below commercial quantity, and, furthermore, the applicant has no previous criminal history. 7. After hearing the arguments as advanced by learned counsel for the parties 2025:UHC:6862 and further taking into consideration that the alleged contraband, which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant, is below commercial quantity, and, furthermore, the applicant is having no previous criminal history and is languishing in jail since 15.07.2025, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant, namely, Nikesh Chandra, be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 10. Grant of bail to the present applicant will not be treated as precedent in respect of the other co-accused. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 05.08.2025 R.Bisht 2025:UHC:6862