Uttarakhand High Court
Anirudh Singh vs State Of Uttarakhand on 10 February, 2025
Author: Ravindra Maithani
Bench: Ravindra Maithani
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Bail Application No. 2225 of 2024
Anirudh Singh ........Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ........Respondent
Present:-
Mr. Prem Kaushal, Advocate for the applicant.
Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Brief Holder for the State.
Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant Anirudh Singh is in judicial custody in
FIR/Case Crime No. 438 of 2024, under Sections 274, 275,
318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,
2023, Section 60/62/72 of the Uttar Pradesh Excise Act,
1910 and Section 103/104 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999,
P.S. Kotwali Ranipur, 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 23.10.2024, the police
chased a car. The driver of the car managed to escape.
Another occupant was the applicant. He was apprehended
and liquor in huge quantity was recovered from the car. It
was not genuine liquor.
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4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit
that the applicant was merely a passenger in the car. On
being asked, he admits that the car was not a taxi.
5. It is a case of illicitly manufactured liquor. There
is no forensic science laboratory report. Admittedly, the
applicant has no criminal history.
6. Having considered, this Court is of the view that
it is a case fit for bail and 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.
(Ravindra Maithani, J)
10.02.2025
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