Uttarakhand High Court
Sunil Joshi ........Applicant/ vs State Of Uttarakhand on 11 March, 2026
Author: Ravindra Maithani
Bench: Ravindra Maithani
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Bail Application (IA) No.1 of 2025
In
Criminal Appeal No. 310 of 2025
Sunil Joshi ........Applicant/Appellant
Vs.
State of Uttarakhand ........... Respondent
Present : Mr. Devashish Rana, Advocate for the applicant/appellant.
Ms. Manisha Rana Singh, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. Rakesh
Negi, Brief Holder for the State.
Coram : Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani. J.
Hon'ble Siddhartha Sah, J.
Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) Instant appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 30.04.2025, passed in Special Sessions Trial No.34 of 2021, State vs. Lalit Singh and another, by the court of Special Sessions Judge (NDPS Act)/District & Sessions Judge, Champawat. By it, the appellant has been convicted under Sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and sentenced accordingly. The appellant seeks bail during pendency of the appeal.
2. Heard on Bail Application (IA) No.1 of 2025.
3. It is argued that the co-convict Lalit Singh has already been granted bail. Hence, appellant also deserves bail on the ground of parity.
4. This fact is not denied by the learned State Counsel.
5. Having considered this and other attending factors, we are of the view that it is a case in which the execution of sentence 2 should be suspended and the applicant/appellant be enlarged on bail.
6. The bail application is allowed.
7. The execution of sentence, which is under challenge in this appeal shall remain suspended during the pendency of the appeal.
8. Let the applicant/appellant be released on bail, during pendency of the appeal on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
9. List in due course.
(Siddhartha Sah, J.) (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 11.03.2026 Sanjay