SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S 2026:UHC:3618 BA1 No. 613 of 2026 Vishal Narendra Bhandari ....Applicant Vs. State of Uttarakhand ......Respondent Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Mr. Deep Prakash Bhatt, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. J.P. Kandpal, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant—Vishal Narendra Bhandari, S/o Sri Narendra Bhandari, R/o Shri Sai Niwash Apartment, Mora Gaon, Rock Garden, Samor Nala, Sopra East, Palghar, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 67 of 2025, registered at Police Station Banbasa, District Champawat, for offences punishable under Section 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, 1985. 4. Heard learned counsel for the Applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. Perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that contraband named as MDMA was not recovered from the possession of the Applicant and he has been implicated only on the basis of the statement of the co-accused under Section 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act. It is further submitted that co-accused persons have already been granted bail and the case of the present Applicant stands on similar footing. Learned counsel also submits that the Applicant has no criminal history and mandatory provisions of the N.D.P.S. Act have not been complied with. 6. Per contra, learned A.G.A. opposed the bail application and submitted that the offence is serious in nature, therefore, the Applicant does not deserve bail. 7. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the material available on record, this Court is of the view that the Applicant has made out a fit case for grant of bail at this stage. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the bail application deserves to be allowed. 8. Accordingly, the Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant—Vishal Narendra Bhandari be released on bail upon furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. 10. All pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) 12.05.2026 Shiksha