SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS 2026:UHC:2249 BA1 No. 1973 of 2025 Rahul Kumar --Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Piyush Sammal and Ms. Sarita Bisht, learned counsels for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant – Rahul Kumar, aged about 30 years, S/o Late Sh. Ganesh Ram, R/o Village Pampapur, P.S. Banbasa, District Champawat. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 67 of 2025, registered at Police Station Banbasa, District Champawat, under Sections 8/21/22/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the “NDPS Act”). 4. Heard Mr. Piyush Sammal, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State. Perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case and is in judicial custody since 14.07.2025. It is further submitted that the Applicant is not named in the FIR and is the husband of co-accused, namely, Isha Vishwakarma, from whose possession the alleged contraband is stated to have been recovered. It is also submitted that there is no public witness to the alleged arrest and recovery. Further, the co- accused, namely Isha Vishwakarma, has already been granted bail and, on the ground of parity, the present Applicant is also entitled to be released on bail. 6. Learned State Counsel opposed the Bail Application. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and also taking into account that the co-accused has already been granted bail, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the Applicant is entitled to be released on bail at this stage. 8. Accordingly, the Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant be released on bail upon his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. 10. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 31.03.2026 Shiksha