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

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 120. The Applicant contends that he is Director of the company, namely, M/s Octagon Builder and Promoters Private Limited, but he could not complete the project. Multiple F.I.R.s have been lodged against him, which are similar in nature.

3. It is submitted that the Applicant has been in judicial custody since long. In several of the said cases, he has been granted bail by the learned courts below. However, his release could not be secured as the orders require him to furnish two separate sureties