IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND

AT NAINITAL

Second Bail Application No.250 of 2024

Sankesh Rana alias Sanket Rana ....Applicant (In Jail)

Vs.

State of Uttarakhand …..Respondent

Presence: Mr. M.S. Dhapola, learned counsel for the Applicant.

Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned AGA for the State.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

1. The present bail application has been moved by the Applicant, Sankesh

Rana alias Sanket Rana, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking his release on bail in connection with Case Crime No. 45 of 2022, registered at Police Station Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar, for the offences punishable under

Sections 302, 201, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. As per the First Information Report, the brother of the informant had

been missing since 13.02.2022. Despite earnest efforts, he could not be traced, whereupon a missing report was lodged on 17.02.2022 at Police Station Khatima. Subsequently, on 19.02.2022 at about 8:30 a.m., a freshly dug pit was noticed near the sewer adjoining the land of one Sugreev Singh, from which the dead body of the informant’s brother

was recovered.

3. It is alleged that the deceased’s wife, Smt. Rajnandani, was havin