Uttarakhand High Court
Bhaskar Naithani vs State Of Uttarakhand on 28 July, 2026
Author: Rakesh Thapliyal
Bench: Rakesh Thapliyal
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Bhaskar Naithani
--Applicant
Versus
State Of Uttarakhand
--Respondent
Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
1. Mr. D.K. Sharma, learned Sr. Advocate
assisted by Mr. Naveen Singh Bisht, learned
counsel for the applicant.
2. Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned AGA for the
State.
3. Present applicant “Bhaskar Naithani, son of
Dinesh Chandra Naithani” is praying for regular
bail in reference to FIR dated 14.02.2026 bearing
FIR No. 0058 of 2026 registered at Police Station –
Kotwali Dehradun, District – Dehradun, wherein
present applicant along with one Nitesh Kumar
have been implicated for the offence punishable
under Section 111 (3), 111 (4), 318 (2) and 61 BNS,
read with Section 66 of the Information
Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 and under
Section 3 (5), 3 (10), 4, 8 (1), 10 (1), 11 (1) of the
Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Measures
for Control and Prevention of Unfair Means in
Recruitment Act, 2023 and under Section 66 of the
IT Act.
4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the
applicant that applicant is innocent and has been
falsely implicated and in fact, the hall where exam
has been conducted, was taken on rent by the
applicant on 12.02.2026, as per the rent agreement,
which is enclosed as Annexure No. 1 to the
supplementary affidavit. He submits that
examinations were going on in the hall since
05.02.2026 and on 13.02.2026, the STF on
confidential report searched the hall and arrested
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the present applicant and another co accused on
13.02.2026 and since then, he is in jail and there is
no material against the present applicant that
present applicant was personally involved in the
said offence. He further submits that the present
applicant has no criminal antecedents and charge
sheet has already been filed, and as such, there is
no need of custodial interrogation, therefore, the
applicant be released on bail.
5. On the other side, learned State Counsel
submits that after thorough investigation and
collecting credible evidence, charge sheet has been
filed, however, he has not disputed that applicant
has no previous criminal antecedents and is
languishing in jail since 13.02.2026 and charge
sheet has already been filed.
6. After hearing the learned counsel for the
parties and taking into consideration that
applicant has no previous criminal antecedents
and is languishing in jail since 13.02.2026 and
charge sheet has already been filed, this Court is of
the view that applicant deserves for bail.
7. Accordingly, without expressing any
opinion on the merit of the case, the bail
application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant “Bhaskar Naithani, son of
Dinesh Chandra Naithani”, be released on bail on
furnishing his personal bond and two sureties,
each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the
court concerned subject to the following
conditions:
i. After being released on bail, applicant
shall join the trial court proceedings on each and
every date without seeking any unnecessary
adjournment.
ii. He shall surrender his passport, if any,
in the trial court.
iii. He shall not indulge in and such
activities in future.
iv. He shall not temper the evidence and
will not influence any of the witnesses.
(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)
28.07.2026
SKS
