No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS C-528 No. 1021 of 2026 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Shubham Dhariyal, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Rakesh Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. In the present case, applicant has moved an application for release of the jewellery, which was recovered from the body of the deceased. The deceased was wife of the applicant. The said application was dismissed by the court of learned 1st Additional District and Session Judge, Haldwani vide its order dated 20.01.2026. The ground for rejecting the application is that the applicant is an accused under Section 304-B of IPC and only on this basis, at this stage, it would not be feasible to release the jewellery items in favour of the applicant. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that applicant is husband and he has falsely been implicated in the case and he is on bail and the trial is underway. It is further submitted that he is the only legal heir of the deceased. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. Considering the fact that applicant is husband of the deceased and is entitled to release the said items/ jewellery, which belong to the deceased as such the order dated 20.01.2026 cannot be sustained and is hereby set-aside. 7. Learned court of 1st Additional District and Session Judge, Haldwani is hereby directed to release the items/ jewellery, which was recovered from the body of the deceased in favour of the applicant after taking sureties, which the concerned court may deem fit. 8. With the above observation, the present criminal misc. applications stands disposed of accordingly. ( Alok Mah r a J.) 15.05.2026 Ujjwal