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

14^th JULY, 2025 ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 397 OF 2025 Manmohan Singh Maurya and Another ..... Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicants : Ms. Asmi, Advocate holding brief of Ms. Sadaf, Advocate.

Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Pradeep Lohani, Brief Holder.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

This is an Application for anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.131 of 2025, registered at Kotwali Dehradun, District Dehradun under Sections 120B, 467, 468 and Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. As per the First Information Report, the applicant no.2, aged about 76 years, is the brother of the informant and the applicant no.1, aged about 52 years, is the son of the applicant no.2. Their father executed a registered will. Applicants fraudulently declared him dead when he was alive by creating a fake cremation receipt and obtained a forged death certificate in the year, 2013.

3. Heard Ms. Asmi, learned counsel for the applicants and Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder for the respondent.

4. Ms. Asmi, learned counsel appearing for the applicants submitted that