IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND

AT NAINITAL

THIRD BAIL APPLICATION NO. 50 OF 2025

20 August, 2025

Lalit Kumar Mehendra @ Lali @ Shivdass Patil ......Applicant

Versus

State of Uttarakhand ……..Respondent

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Presence:

Mr. G.D. Joshi, learned counsel for the Applicant.

Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned AGA, for the State of Uttarakhand.

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Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

This is the third bail application filed by the

Applicant under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking grant of regular bail in Case Crime/F.I.R. No. 232 of 2024 registered at Police Station Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar, for offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2), 316(5), 111, and 238 of the B.N.S. The allegations pertain to a large-scale financial fraud involving forged

banking instruments and the misappropriation of public `

funds, amounting to approximately 13.51 crores.

2. The Applicant has been in custody since

15.10.2024.

3. His first bail application was dismissed by this Court on 04.