UKHC010120432026 2026:UHC:6108 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS ABA/285/2026 Sarthak Verma --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Pawan Mishra, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. Pushpa Bhatt, Additional Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Rishab Ranghar, Advocate for the complainant. 2. The applicant has preferred the present anticipatory bail application apprehending arrest in connection with F.I.R./Case Crime No.178 of 2021 (Criminal Case No.3017 of 2022), registered under Sections 504, 506, 420, 375(4), 376, 493, 495 and 496 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Basant Vihar, District Dehradun. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the impugned F.I.R. was lodged against the applicant and, after completion of investigation, a charge sheet has already been filed against him for the aforesaid offences. It is further submitted that the applicant had earlier challenged the criminal proceedings by filing Criminal Misc. Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. No.1481 of 2022, which came to be dismissed by a Coordinate Bench of UKHC010120432026 2026:UHC:6108 this Court vide order dated 09.09.2025. 4. Having considered the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the applicant and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court finds that the investigation has already culminated in filing of the charge sheet and the criminal proceedings are pending before the competent Court. The applicant had earlier availed the remedy under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of the proceedings, which has already been declined by a Coordinate Bench of this Court. The present application does not disclose any subsequent change in circumstances or any exceptional ground warranting exercise of the extraordinary discretionary jurisdiction under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., 2023. Mere apprehension of arrest, after rejection of the challenge to the criminal proceedings, cannot by itself be a ground to grant anticipatory bail, particularly when the applicant is required to appear before the trial Court and seek regular bail in accordance with law. 5. In the facts and circumstances of the case, and considering the nature and gravity of the allegations as well as the stage of the proceedings, this Court is not inclined to exercise its discretionary jurisdiction in favour of the applicant. 6. Accordingly, the Anticipatory bail Application is dismissed. (Alok Mahra, J.) 21.07.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e 3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C51 09CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.07.21 17:05:36 +05'30'