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. 55 of 2026 Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Mr. B.S. Koranga, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Pradeep Kohani, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant- Smt. Sapana alias Santoshi, aged about 30 years (wife of Shri Pushkar Prasad alias Priyanshu, resident of Village Lohakot, Post Office Devalthal, Police Station Dhal, District Pithoragarh). The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with Case Crime No. 51 of 2025, registered at Police Station Lohaghat, District Champawat, under Sections 61(2), 82(2) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 4. Heard Mr. B. S. Koranga, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. Pradeep Lohani, 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 not committed any offence. It is further submitted that no specific role has been assigned to the Applicant and she is not a party to any criminal conspiracy. It is also contended that neither the Applicant nor her husband has cheated the complainant/informant, nor has the husband of the Applicant solemnized any marriage with the informant. 6. It is further submitted that the Applicant is a lady and a housewife, having the responsibility of her family and a five-year- old child. Therefore, being a woman, she is entitled to the benefit of Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It is also submitted that there is no direct evidence against the Applicant to show her involvement in the alleged offence and that the FIR is a delayed one, without any satisfactory explanation. 7. On the other hand, learned Brief Holder for the State has opposed the bail application. 8. 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. 9. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 10. Let the Applicant be released on bail on her executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. 11. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) Vacation Judge 13.01.2026 Shiksha