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

04^th JUNE, 2025 ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 1326 OF 2024 Shoaib Ahmad and Others ..... Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate.

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

Counsel for the Informant : Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Advocate.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

The present Application has been filed by the applicants seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 560 of 2024, registered at Police Station Gangnahar, District Haridwar under Sections 308(5), 318(4), 333, 336(3), 338, 340(2), 351(3), 352 and Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2. As per the First Information Report, the applicants enticed the son of the informant to invest in their online trading with the assurance of higher returns, but the returns were not given.

3. Heard Mr. Mohd. Safdar, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder for the respondent and Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned counsel for the informant.

4. Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate, contended that it is a case of business transaction. The son of th