Kuldeep Nandrajog vs State of Uttarakhand

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2026 Supreme(UK) 223

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
ALOK MAHRA
Kuldeep Nandrajog – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Applicant :Mr. Sharang Dhulia, Advocates
For the Respondent: Mr. Sandeep Sharma, A.G.A. and Mr. Vikas Uniyal, Brief Holder

Table of Content
1. multiple similar cheating firs; separate sureties impossible. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. precedents favor common sureties; state cites trial discretion. (Para 5 , 6)
3. coordinate benches granted similar relief for co-accused. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
4. crpc 441 and sc permit common sureties in multiples. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
5. prevent hardship; address abscondence via conditions. (Para 15 , 17)
6. allow common sureties with conditions; procedural economy. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21)

JUDGMENT :

ALOK MAHRA, J.

The present application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a direction to permit the Applicant to furnish common sureties in respect of all 120 cases, as mentioned in the relief clause of the Application, in which bail has already been granted by the court below but the Applicant could not be released since he could not arrange the separate sureties in each of the cases.

2. The brief facts of the case are that multiple FIRs have been lodged against the Applicant at Police Station Bahadrabad, District Haridwar, for offences under Sections 420, 120-B, 504, 506, 427 & 406 of the IPC. The total number of cases stands at 1