SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS UKHC010036202026 BA1/367/2026 Vishal Alias Vishal Gautam --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Deepak Pethshali, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Vijay Khanduri, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Present applicant “Vishal @ Vishal Gautam, son of Ram Prakash”, is praying for regular bail in reference to FIR dated 10.10.2025 bearing FIR No. 671 of 2025 registered at Police Station – Kotwali Haridwar, District – Haridwar, which was lodged against unknown person by the mother of the victim. 4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and on culmination of the investigation, present applicant is charge sheeted for the offences punishable under Section 137 (2), 64 (2) (M), BNS and under 5 (l) / 6 of the POCSO Act. He further submits that in fact, victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS admits that she was in love with the applicant and she knew the applicant for last 2 years. He further submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 29.10.2025, has no criminal antecedents and at the time of incident, he was 19 years old and victim was above 17 years and there is no substantial progress in the trial. 5. On the other side, learned State Counsel has not disputed that charge sheet has already been filed and applicant is languishing in jail since 29.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedents and at the time of incident, applicant was 19 years old and victim was above 17 years. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that applicant has no previous criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 29.10.2025 and at the time of incident both were of tender age and there is no possibility that trial would be expedited soon, 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 applicant “Vishal @ Vishal Gautam, son of Ram Prakash”, be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following condition: i. After being released on bail, applicant shall join the trial court proceedings on each and every date without seeking any unnecessary adjournment. ii. He shall surrender his passport, if any, in the trial court. iii. The applicant shall not temper with the evidence and will not threaten any of the witnesses. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 07.08.2026 SKS