NAINITAL, India, Jan. 16 -- Uttarakhand High Court issued the following judgment on Jan. 2:

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 2nd January 2026 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1284 OF 2025 Pradeep Kumar Sharma Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another Respondents Counsel for the Applicant: Mr. Siddhartha Sah, Advocate Counsel for the Respondent No. 1: Mr. Tumul Nainwal, Assistant Government Advocate Hon'ble Alok Kumar Verma, J. This application for anticipatory bail has been filed in Case Crime No. 72 of 2025, registered at Police Station Nehru Colony, District Dehradun under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Anticipatory Bail Application (No. 1360 of 2025) of the applicant was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, Dehradun on 19.12.2025. As per the First Information Report dated 22.02.2025, under the Government Industrial Training SPA (R) Scheme, a sum of Rs. 1517.50 lakh was released for fifteen institutes. Land was not available. The funds received under the said scheme were spent on other works of the department. Heard Mr. Siddhartha Sah, learned counsel for the applicant, and Mr. Tumul Nainwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the Respondent No. 1.

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