Uttarakhand High Court
BA1/1180/2024 on 28 April, 2025
2025:UHC:3240
Office Notes,
reports, orders
or proceedings
SL.
Date or directions COURT'S OR JUDGE'S ORDERS
No.
and Registrar's
order with
Signatures
BA1/1180/2024
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Mr. Prince Chauhan, learned Legal
Aid Counsel for the applicant.
2. Mr. Pratiroop Pande, assisted by
Mr. Devendra Singh, learned AGAs, for
the State.
3. Applicant- Santosh Kumar, who is
in Judicial custody in connection with
Case Crime/FIR No. 269 of 2023, under
Sections 376, 324, 504, 506 IPC and
Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences Act, 2012,
registered at Police Station Kichha,
District Udham Singh Nagar, has sought
his release on bail.
4. Heard learned counsel for the
parties and perused the material
available on record.
5. Learned counsel for the applicant
contends that the applicant has falsely
been implicated in this case; there is no
independent witness; there is no chance
of tempering the evidence; accused has
no previous criminal history; he is the
only earning member in his family and is
languishing in jail since 27.07.2023.1
6. On the contrary, learned State
2025:UHC:3240
Counsel vehemently opposed the bail.
7. The victim was 7 years of age at the
time of incident; the fact, as narrated by
the complainant about the incident, has
been corroborated by the Medico Legal
Report as well as the statement of the
Doctor. The fact has also been
corroborated by the statements of the
victim recorded under Sections 161 and
164 of Cr.P.C.
8. Accordingly, the bail application is
rejected.
(Alok Mahra, J.)
28.04.2025
Kaushal
2025:UHC:3240
