I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA

16^TH FEBRUARY, 2026 SECOND BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 44 OF 2023 Ashish alias Kannu .....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mrs. Reema Rana, Advocate.

Counsel for the Respondent : Mrs. Manisha Rana Singh, Deputy Advocate General Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

The applicant-Ashish alias Kannu is in judicial custody for the offence punishable under Section 302 and Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in Case Crime No.607 of 2018, registered at Kotwali Gangnahar, District Haridwar.

2. One Tirthpal Singh lodged an FIR to the effect that his brother Krishan Gopal was shot dead by unknown persons on 21.12.2018 at 04 p.m. The First Information Report was registered on 21.12.2018 at 21.46 hrs. The post-mortem examination of the dead body of the deceased was conducted on 22.12.2018. According to the post-mortem report, the cause of death was haemorrhagic shock due to ante-mortem gunshot injury. A spent cartridge was seized from the spot. The co-accused Shekhar and the co-accused Aakash were arrested. On a secret information, the applicant was arrested on 25.12