Dinesh Chandra Nainwal vs State of Uttarakhand

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2026 Supreme(UK) 25

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
RAVINDRA MAITHANI
Dinesh Chandra Nainwal – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Applicant :Mr. Umakant Sharma, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Siddharth Bisht, A.G.A.

Table of Content
1. the applicant is in custody for serious charges. (Para 1 , 3 , 4)
2. court assesses the prosecution's evidence and witness statements. (Para 2 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 13)
3. arguments for bail emphasize delay and witness credibility. (Para 5 , 6 , 9 , 10)
4. decision to deny bail based on insufficiency of grounds. (Para 14)
5. bail application officially rejected. (Para 15)

JUDGMENT :

Ravindra Maithani, J.

Applicant is in judicial custody in Sessions Trial No. 6 of 2025, Case Crime No. 179 of 2024, under Section 103 (1) read with 3 (5) of the Bhartiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Mukhani, District Nainital. He has sought his release on bail.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. This is second bail application of the applicant. His first bail application was withdrawn on 12.12.2025.

4. According to the FIR, on 07.10.2024 at 10:50 p.m. the deceased alongwith his friends was watching Ramlila in Haldwani. At that time, the applicant in the presence of all the friends and others opened fire on the deceased, due to which he died. The FIR records that thereafter, the applicant ran away from the spot after threatening the persons present there. FI

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