IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1076 of 2024 Anil Kumar Sharma ….Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand, & others ….Respondents With ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 219 of 2025 Mehendru Dhiraj Mahender ….Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ….Respondents Presence Mr. Vikas Kumar Guglani, Mr. Prashant Singh, Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, learned counsel for the Applicants.

Mr.Vipul Painuly, learned A.G.A, for the State.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

1. These two anticipatory bail applications, being connected with Case Crime No. 232 of 2024, registered at Police Station Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar, are being decided by this common order as they arise out of the same First Information Report dated 02.09.2024 for offences under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which during investigation, additional Sections 61(2), 316(5), 111, and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 have been invoked.

2. The allegations in the FIR, lodged by Shri Kaustubh Mishra, Special Land Acquisition Officer, Rudrapur, are that a sum of ₹13,51,46,000/- was fraudulently withdrawn on 28.08.2024 and 31.08.2024 from Joint B