SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures UKHC010069492026 2026:UHC:5991 COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1/696/2026 Roshan --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. Mr. T.A. Khan, learned Senior Counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. B.C. Joshi, learned AGA for the State. 3. Present applicant-Roshan, D/o Late Bahar Alam, is praying for bail in reference to First Information Report dated 27.11.2024 bearing FIR No.0751 of 2024, P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun wherein the present applicant, who is the step mother of the victim and one Imran have been implicated for the offences punishable under Section 115(2) read with Section 64 of BNS, 2023 and Section 3, 4, 5 & 6 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and Section 5(n)/6 of POCSO Act. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent; has been falsely implicated only because of the reason that applicant is the step mother of the victim. He submits that the victim at the time of alleged incident was 17 years, which is less than 18 years and charge sheet has already been filed. He submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 29.11.2024 and the other co-accused Imran has already been enlarged on bail by the Coordinate Bench on 17.03.2026 in First Bail Application No.1979 of 2025. He further submits that the applicant has no previous criminal antecedents and being a lady, she deserves to get the privilege of Section 480 of BNSS, 2023. 5. Per contra, learned AGA submits that the applicant has committed a serious offence and being the step mother take active participation in the commission of the crime, however he has not disputed that on completion of the investigation, the charge sheet has been filed and the present applicant is languishing in jail since 29.11.2024 and has also not disputed that other co-accused Imran has already been enlarged on bail by the Coordinate Bench. 6. After hearing the submission of learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the applicant is languishing in jail since 29.11.2024; the investigation has already been completed and the charge sheet has already been filed and the other co-accused Imran has also been enlarged on bail, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves for bail. 7. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the present applicant-Roshan be released on bail on her executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following condition: i. After being released on bail, the applicant shall not make any attempt to give any threatening to the victim and will join the trial court proceeding without seeking any unnecessary adjournment. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 17.07.2026 Arti