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:2254 BA1 No. 471 of 2026 Aman --Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Mohd. Safdar, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General assisted by Mr. Pramod Tiwari, A.G.A. and Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant – Aman, aged about 22 years, S/o Saleem, R/o Village Salempur, P.S. Ranipur, District Haridwar. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with Case Crime No. 72 of 2026, registered at Police Station Ranipur, District Haridwar, for the offences punishable under Sections 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007. 4. Heard Mr. Mohd. Safdar, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, assisted by Mr. Pramod Tiwari, learned A.G.A., and Mr. Vikash Uniyal, 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 has been made a scapegoat. It is contended that there is no independent witness to the alleged recovery and arrest of the Applicant, despite the place of occurrence being a crowded area. It is further submitted that no one has seen the Applicant committing the alleged act of slaughter and that the place of recovery does not belong to the Applicant. It is also submitted that the Applicant has no previous criminal history. 6. Learned State Counsel has opposed the Bail Application. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, 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. 8. Accordingly, the Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant be released on bail upon executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. 11. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 31.03.2026 SB