BA1/2547/2024 of SHAHID KHAN Vs STATE OF UTTARAKHAND on 31 December 2024

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITALFirst Bail Application No.2547 of 2024

Shahid Khan

.....Applicant

Versus

State of Uttarakhand

….….Respondent

Present:-

Mr. Ramnivas Singh Rana, Advocate for the applicant through video conferencing. Ms. Manisha Rana Singh, D.A.G. for the State.

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

Applicant is in judicial custody in FIR No. 801 of 2024, under Section 8/21/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Kotwali Jwalapur, District Haridwar. He has sought his release on bail.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. According to the FIR, on 30.10.2024, 88 gram smack was allegedly recovered from the applicant.

4. It is case of the applicant that he has been falsely implicated; allegedly recovered quantity is less than commercial; he is not a previous convict.

5. Learned State counsel admits that the applicant is not a previous convict.

6. Having considered the entirety of facts, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail.

7. The bail application is allowed.

8. Let the applicant 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.

Jitendra

(Ravindra Maithani, J) 31.12.2024