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

17^th JUNE, 2025 ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 544 OF 2025 Mahipal Singh ..... Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate.

Ms. Neeti Rana, Advocate Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Pratiroop Pandey, A.G.A.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

The present Application has been filed by the applicant - Mahipal Singh for anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.07 of 2020 (Special Sessions Trial No.3 of 2024), registered at Vigilance Establishment Sector at Dehradun, District Dehradun under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

2. Heard Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Pratiroop Pandey, learned A.G.A.

for the respondent.

3. Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate, submitted that the applicant, aged about 57 years, has been falsely implicated in the present matter. He has not received any money from the complainant. In the Writ Petition (Criminal) No.1351 of 2020, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to quash the First Information Report, he was granted interim relief. He was not arrested during the cou