SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S 2026:UHC:2578 BA3 No. 15 of 2026 Lakha Singh ....Applicant Vs. State of Uttarakhand ......Respondent Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Pulak Raj Mullick, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Mr. Ayush Agarwal, learned counsel for the Victim through video conferencing. 4. The present Third Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant—Lakha Singh, aged about 21 years, S/o Puran Singh, R/o Raja Colony, Ward No. 02, Transit Camp, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 0077 of 2024, registered at Police Station Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 147 and 307 of the IPC. 5. The charges against the Applicant pertain to offences under Sections 307, 504, 506, and 34 of the IPC, as well as Section 4/25 of the Arms Act, 1959. 6. Heard Mr. Pulak Raj Mullick, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. The record has been perused. 7. The first and second bail applications of the Applicant have already been rejected. 8. The primary ground for consideration of the present third bail application is that, during the course of trial, the victim, in his testimony, did not support the prosecution story and has turned hostile. Even after the prosecution sought permission to cross- examine him, the victim did not make any statement which could corroborate the prosecution case in any manner. It has further been submitted that a compounding application has also been filed by learned counsel for the parties, i.e., the Applicant, the Complainant, and the victim. 9. Per contra, learned State Counsel has opposed the bail application on the ground that the matter is of a serious nature and, as per the allegations, the Applicant along with co-accused assaulted the victim with a knife, resulting in serious injuries to his stomach, neck, and other parts of the body. 10. After hearing the rival submissions of learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court is of the view that, at this stage, grounds for bail are sufficient. The primary consideration is the testimony of the victim, annexed as Paper No. 31, wherein the victim has specifically denied the prosecution story and has altogether refuted the statements made before the police under Section 161 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present third bail application is allowed. 11. 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. 12. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 09.04.2026 Shiksha