UKHC010011252023 2026:UHC:6903 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS ABA/26/2023 Kiran Rana --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand Through Secretary Home, Dehradun --Respondent Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Nitin Tewar, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. C.K. Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. By means of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in connection with FIR/Case Crime No. 39 of 2022, registered at Police Station Champawat, District Champawat, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. A Coordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 22.09.2023, granted interim anticipatory bail to the applicant. In compliance with the conditions stipulated therein, the applicant has duly cooperated with the investigation as and when called upon by the Investigating Officer. 4. It has been brought to the notice of this Court that the investigation has since been concluded and the charge-sheet has already been submitted before the competent Court. 5. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, perused the material available on record, and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court finds that the applicant has remained protected by virtue of the interim order dated 22.09.2023 and has duly complied with the conditions incorporated therein by UKHC010011252023 2026:UHC:6903 extending full cooperation during the course of the investigation. The investigation has culminated in the submission of the charge-sheet before the competent Court. No material has been placed before this Court to indicate that the applicant has either misused the liberty granted to her or failed to cooperate with the investigating agency. It is also not the case of the prosecution that the custodial interrogation of the applicant is required at this stage. Having regard to the nature of the allegations, the stage of the proceedings, the conduct of the applicant during the period of interim protection, and the overall facts and circumstances of the case, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the prosecution case, this Court is of the considered opinion that the applicant has made out a fit case for confirmation of the interim anticipatory bail granted vide order dated 22.09.2023. 6. Consequently, the interim anticipatory bail granted to the applicant vide order dated 22.09.2023 is hereby confirmed and made absolute. The applicant shall remain on anticipatory bail on the same terms and conditions as contained in the aforesaid order and shall continue to cooperate with the trial proceedings. It shall also be open to the learned Trial Court to impose such further conditions, if considered necessary, in accordance with law. 7. Accordingly, the present Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. (Alok Mahra, J.) 05-08-2026 SB SHIKSHA BINJOLA Digitally signed by SHIKSHA BINJOLA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3410ef86ae41ec9fbabcd5dba6b3a2c24b5aa08b09c12f21822fbd40bf639b1 c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=FD80A2D028949381C52796A542D7FF0A9BED00E67B5283D205F18F E29BDF5DD9, cn=SHIKSHA BINJOLA Date: 2026.08.05 16:34:37 +05'30'