SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S 2026:UHC:3483 BA1 No. 569 of 2026 Dharmendra ....Applicant Vs. State of Uttarakhand ......Respondent Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Mr. Abhishek Verma, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned A.G.A for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant—Dharmendra, S/o Jeet Singh, R/o Kota Tanda, Raipur, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with F.I.R./Case Crime No. 511 of 2025, registered at Police Station Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar, for offences punishable under Sections 8/20/29/60 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 4. Heard Mr. Abhishek Verma, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. Perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case and is languishing in jail since 20.02.2026. It is further submitted that the Applicant was not arrested at the spot and that, merely on the basis of the confessional statements made before the police by the co-accused, the Applicant was arrested subsequently. It is also submitted that no recovery of any contraband under the provisions of the N.D.P.S. Act was made either at the pointing out of the Applicant or from his possession. Learned counsel further submits that there is no strict or cogent evidence available with the prosecution to connect the Applicant with the offence under Section 29 of the Act. It is further submitted that the main co-accused, namely, Angrej Singh, from whose possession the contraband was allegedly recovered, has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 24.03.2026, 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 with the contention that the quantity of contraband recovered is more than commercial quantity. 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—Dharmendra 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. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) 07.05.2026 Shiksha