Uttarakhand High Court
Prince vs State Of Uttarakhand on 9 May, 2025
Author: Ravindra Maithani
Bench: Ravindra Maithani
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
First Bail Application No.319 of 2025
Prince ........Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ........Respondent
Present:-
Mr. Bharat Chaudhary, Advocate for the applicant.
Mr. V.S. Rawat, A.G.A. for the State.
Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant is in judicial custody in FIR No. 520 of 2023,
under Section 120B, 395, 412, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and Section
25/3 of the Arms Act, 1959, Police Station Kotwali Dehradun, District
Dehradun. He has sought his release on bail.
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the
record.
3. According to the FIR, on 09.11.2023 at about 10:25 a.m.,
four persons entered into a jewellery showroom in Dehradun and looted
jewellery on the gun point.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that there is
no evidence against the applicant; the applicant entered into jail on
16.12.2023; Test Identification Parade was done on 03.02.2024, but the
applicant was never kept baparda. Therefore, he would submit that this
delay and not being baparda reduces the significance of alleged Test
Identification Parade. Apart from it, it is argued that there is no other
evidence against the applicant. It is also argued that co-accused have
already been granted bail.
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5. Learned State counsel admits that many co-accused have
been granted bail. He would admit the factual narration about the date
of entering into the jail by the applicant and date of identification. He
also admits that the applicant was not baparda.
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)
09.05.2025
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