Uttarakhand High Court
Rohit Paldiya vs State Of Uttarakhand on 25 March, 2026
Author: Ravindra Maithani
Bench: Ravindra Maithani
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
IA No.1 of 2025 For Bail Application
In
Criminal Appeal No. 271 of 2024
Rohit Paldiya ...... Appellant
Vs.
State of Uttarakhand ..... Respondent
Present:
Mr. Mukul Dangi, Advocate for the appellant.
Mr. V.S. Rawat, A.G.A. for the State.
Coram: Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J.
Hon'ble Siddhartha Sah, J.
Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) The instant appeal has been preferred against judgment and order dated 20.04.2024, passed in Special Sessions Trial No.06 of 2022, State Vs. Rohit Paldiya, by the court of Additional Judge (SC/ST Act), Sessions Judge, Nainital. By it, the appellant has been convicted and sentenced under Sections 323, 376(2)(n), 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
2. Heard.
3. This appeal has already been admitted.
4. List in due course for final hearing.
5. Heard on First Bail Application (IA) No.1 of 2025
6. According to the FIR, the appellant and the victim came close to each other and the appellant, under the pretext of marriage, established physical relationship with her, but, thereafter, he declined for marriage. 2
7. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that both the appellant and the victim were staying together willingly. Thereafter, their relations became strained; no offence has been committed by the appellant.
8. The factual narration with regard to the romantic relationship between the parties has not been disputed by learned State Counsel.
9. Having considered this and other attending factors, we are of the view that it is a case in which the execution of sentence should be suspended and the appellant be enlarged on bail.
10. The bail application is allowed.
11. The sentence appealed against is suspended during the pendency of the appeal.
12. The appellant be released on bail during the 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. (Siddhartha Sah, J.) (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 25.03.2026 Ravi Bisht