Uttarakhand High Court
Pankaj Kumar Ashtwal vs State Of Uttarakhand on 22 July, 2026
Author: Rakesh Thapliyal
Bench: Rakesh Thapliyal
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Date or directions and
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Registrar's order with
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UKHC010037782026
BA1/384/2026
Pankaj Kumar Ashtwal --Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand --Respondent
Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the
applicant.
2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned AGA, for the State
of Uttarakhand.
3. The present applicant – Pankaj Kumar Ashtwal
S/o Ashok Kumar, is praying for bail in a reference to
FIR dated 27.08.2025 bearing FIR No.415 of 2025, Police
Station Gangnahar, Roorkee, District Haridwar, which
was lodged against as many as six persons, namely,
Maneesh @ Bolar, Praveen Balmiki, Pankaj Kumar
Astwal, Rajkumar, Ankit and Monika, for the offences
punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B
of IPC read with Sections 111, 351 and 352 of BNS, 2023.
4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the
applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been
falsely implicated, and the chargesheet has already been
filed and the applicant is languishing in jail since
28.08.2025. He further argued that co-accused, namely,
Aakash Saxena and Manish @ Bolar, have already been
enlarged on bail by the coordinate Bench, though the
remaining three co-accused persons, namely, Kaushal
Kumar Sahay @ Sunny, Rajkumar and Ankit Kumar,
have been granted interim bail by the coordinate Bench
in Anticipatory Bail Applications. All the orders have
been shown to this Court and the copy of which is also
supplied to the learned State Counsel.
5. On the other side, learned AGA has not disputed
that other two co-accused persons, namely, Aakash
Saxena and Manish @ Bolar, were granted regular bail,
and the other three co-accused persons, namely, Kaushal
Kumar Sahay @ Sunny, Rajkumar and Ankit Kumar,
have been enlarged on interim bail in Anticipatory Bail
Application. He has also not disputed that the
chargesheet has already been filed and the applicant is
languishing in jail since 28.08.2025.
6. After hearing the submissions of the learned
counsel for the parties, and taking into consideration
that the chargesheet has already been filed and two
other co-accused has been granted regular bail and the
remaining co-accused persons have been granted
interim bail, this Court is of the view that the applicant
deserves for bail.
7. Accordingly without expressing any opinion on
the merits of the case, bail application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant – Pankaj Kumar Ashtwal, 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, subject to the
following conditions:-
“(a) The applicant after being released on
bail shall join the trial court proceedings
on each and every date without seeking
any unnecessary adjournment.
(b) The applicant shall not indulge in any
such activities in future.
(c) The applicant shall surrender his
passport to the Trial Court concerned, if
any.
(d) If the applicant is found to be indulged
in such activities in future, the prosecution
is free to move an application for
cancellation of bail.”
(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)
22.07.2026
Nitesh/
