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

24^th FEBRUARY, 2026 ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 712 OF 2025 Neeraj Kumar ..... Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate.

Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Brief Holder.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

This Application for anticipatory bail has been filed in the First Information Report No. 638 of 2024, registered at Police Station Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar under Sections 420, 467, 468 and Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. According to the First Information Report dated 14.08.2024, the named co-accused persons had taken Rs.4,50,000/- from the informant under the guise of securing government job and provided him a fake appointment letter dated 29.08.2022.

3. Heard Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, learned Brief Holder for the respondent.

4. Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate, has contended that the applicant is not named in the First Information Report. He has been falsely implicated by the co-accused. He was not involved in the alleged offence. He had never rec