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.

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 His first bail application was withdrawn on 12.12.2025.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. FIR itself records that at the time of incident, there were many friends and family members present with the deceased.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the FIR is delayed; the incident allegedly took place at 10:50 p.m. on 07.10.2024, whereas the FIR was lodged on 08.10.2024 at about 6:00 p.m. He submits that there is no explanation to delay. It is also argued that h

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