SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS UKHC010086782026 2026:UHC:5421 BA 1st No.874 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Pratiroop Pandey, learned AGA, for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. The present applicant – Har Singh Bisht @ Harish Singh Bisht S/o Late Bahadur Singh Bisht, is praying for bail in reference to FIR dated 07.04.2026 bearing FIR No.04 of 2026, Police Station Vigilance Establishment, Sector Nainital, Haldwani, wherein, the present applicant has been implicated for the offence punishable under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018). 4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that the present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated, and due to personal grudge the complainant make a complaint, who was the contractor with the Department where the present applicant is serving as an Accountant, and there was no pending work of the complainant and only on the charge that he is not releasing the FDR, the applicant has been implicated. He further submits that the entire procedure as adopted by the Vigilance at the time of trap was faulty and the voice recorder at the time of trap was switched off. He further submits that the chargesheet has already been filed and all the witnesses are the public servant and the present applicant is languishing in jail since 08.04.2026, therefore, he may be released on bail. He also submits that the entire service record of the applicant is unblemished. 5. On the other side, learned AGA submits that after collecting all the evidence, the chargesheet has been filed and the trap as conducted by Vigilance was strictly as per law and now the chargesheet has already been filed. 6. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties, and taking into consideration that the chargesheet has already been filed and the present applicant is languishing in jail since 08.04.2026 and his past service record is unblemished, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 7. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant – Har Singh Bisht @ Harish Singh Bisht, be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 06.07.2026 Nitesh/