SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S 2026:UHC:3822 BA1 No. 481 of 2026 Siraj Hussain ....Applicant Vs. State of Uttarakhand ......Respondent Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait han i, J. Ms. Sheetal Selwal, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. N.S. Kaniyal, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant—Siraj Hussain, S/o Shri Sajjan Hussain, R/o Ratanpura Shumali, Thana Ajeemnagar, District Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 412 of 2025, registered at Police Station Bajpur, District Udham Singh Nagar, for offences punishable under Sections 8/22 of the N.D.P.S. Act, 1985. 4. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submitted that the Applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case and is in judicial custody since 24.11.2025. It is further submitted that there is no independent witness and that there is delay in lodging the FIR, for which no satisfactory explanation has been furnished by the prosecution. Learned counsel further submits that the Applicant has no criminal history to his credit. It is also contended that the mandatory provisions of the N.D.P.S. Act have not been complied with. 6. Per contra, learned State Counsel opposed the bail application and submitted that the Applicant was caught red-handed along with 1688 capsules and that he has committed a serious offence against society. 7. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court finds that, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Applicant has been able to make out a fit case for grant of bail. 8. Accordingly, the Bail Application is allowed. 9. Let the Applicant—Siraj Hussain 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. It is made clear that any observation made hereinabove is only for the purpose of adjudication of the present bail application and shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case. 11. All pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) 18.05.2026 Shiksha