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:1174 BA1 No.76 of 2026 Gajendra Sharma ...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ….Respondent Hon'ble Ashish Naithani, J., 1. Mr. Deepak Petshali, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA for the State. 3. Present bail application is moved by the applicant, who is in judicial custody in connection with Case Crime No.19 of 2025 under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act, Police Station Deyghat, District Almora. 4. Heard Mr. Deepak Petshali, learned counsel for the Applicant and Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA for the State. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that he has been falsely implicated in the present matter; there was no public witness; applicant has no criminal antecedents. 6. Learned State counsel has opposed the bail application. 7. Present matter is regarding the contraband, named, ganja and as per Section 2(b) of the NDPS Act it is defined “ganja, that is, the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops), by whatever name they may be known or designated; and”. 8. As per schedule of the said Act the commercial quantity of ganja is said to be 20 kg. In the present matter the recovery memo states that it is a joint recovery. The contraband named, ganja, is said to be 25.300 kg in a gunny bag that was recovered from the booth (dickey) of the car that the applicant was said to have driven. 9. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, the Applicant has made out a case for bail. 10. Accordingly, bail application is allowed. Let the Applicant-Gajendra Sharma be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond with two reliable sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned court. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 23.02.2026 Arti