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:530 BA1 No. 62 of 2026 Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Mr. Vaibhav Singh Chauhan, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. B.N. Maulekhi, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant- Sumit Pal, aged about 35 years (son of Shri Radheshyam, R/o E.P.F. Dev Naghar, Bast Roshnabad, Police Station SIDCUL, District Haridwar). The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 748 of 2023 dated 23.12.2023, registered at Police Station Kotwali Gangnahar, District Haridwar, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 4. Heard Mr. Vaibhav Singh Chauhan, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. B. N. Maulekhi, learned Brief Holder for the State, and perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant has been falsely implicated and has no concern with the alleged offence. It is further submitted that the FIR is a delayed one, for which no satisfactory explanation has been furnished. The role attributed to the Applicant is only that of a witness to the sale deed, and no amount has been transferred into the Applicant’s account. It is also contended that the co-accused, namely Sanjay Kumar Karwal, having an identical role, has already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court. Therefore, on the principle of parity, the present Applicant is also entitled to be released on bail. 6. On the other hand, learned Brief Holder for the State has opposed the bail application. However, it is not disputed that the co- accused has already been granted bail by this Court in similar circumstances. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the matter, this Court is of the view that the Applicant deserves to be released on bail at this stage on the ground of parity. 8. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. 10. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) Vacation Judge 13.01.2026 Shiksha