SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S 2026:UHC:3279 BA1 No. 698 of 2026 Rakesh Kumar ....Applicant Vs. State of Uttarakhand ......Respondent Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Ravindra S Rawat, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, learned A.G.A for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant—Rakesh Kumar, S/o Shri Raghuveer Singh, R/o Milap Nagar, Dhandhera, Police Station Civil Line, Roorkee, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with F.I.R. No. 614 of 2024, registered at Police Station Patel Nagar, District Dehradun, for offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. 4. Heard Shri Ravindra S. Rawat, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Shri Dinesh Chauhan, 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 on the basis of the statement of a co-accused, which is not admissible in evidence. It is further submitted that the Applicant is not named in the F.I.R. and there are no independent witnesses to support the prosecution case. Learned counsel for the Applicant also contends that the Applicant has neither prepared any forged document nor received any money from the complainant, nor used any forged document as genuine; therefore, no offence under the aforesaid sections is made out. It is also submitted that the Applicant has been in judicial custody since 06.02.2026. Furthermore, learned counsel for the Applicant further submits that the co-accused, namely Shikha Sharma, has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 16.01.2026, and the present Applicant stands on parity with the said co-accused. 6. Per contra, learned A.G.A. for the State has opposed the bail application; however, he does not dispute the fact that the case of the present Applicant stands on parity with that of the co-accused who has already been granted bail. 7. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the record, this Court finds that the co-accused has already been granted bail and the present Applicant claims parity. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the Applicant has made out a case for grant of bail at this stage. 8. Accordingly, the Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant—Rakesh Kumar be released on bail in the aforesaid case upon executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 10. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 30.04.2026 Shiksha