NAINITAL, India, May 11 -- Uttarakhand High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 9:

1. Ms. Pushpa Joshi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Nipush Mola Joshi, learned counsel for the Applicant.

2. Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General assisted by Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand.

3. The present Bail Application has been moved by the Applicant, namely Khim Singh, also known as Pabal, Maitriy, Prakash, Rajan, Vijay Pahru, and Prabhakar, S/o Puran Singh Bora, R/o Palyuda, P.S. Someshwar, District Almora. The Applicant is in judicial custody in connection with FIR No. 709 of 2004 (S.T. No. 39 of 2022), registered at Police Station Nanakmatta, District Udham Singh Nagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 121, 121A, 124A, 153B of the IPC and Section 10/20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

4. Heard Ms. Pushpa Joshi, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Ms. Nipus Mola Joshi, learned counsel for the Applicant, and Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, assisted by Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State. The record has been perused.

5. The Applicant is accused of involvement in various antisocial activities. It is alleged that he is an active Maoist and has links with Maoist groups operating in the forest areas of Village Ransali. He is stated to have been involved in Maoist activities, propagating Maoist ideology, and conducting anti-government meetings in nearby forest areas by organizing gatherings of local inhabitants. It is further alleged that he ran a temporary school in Village Haspur Khatta for about one year with the intention of establishing a training camp at Sau Futiya in April 2004 and was actively involved in spreading anti-government sentiments, intending to operate a concealed training camp in a remote forest location.

6. Ms. Pushpa Joshi, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Ms. Nipus Mola Joshi, learned counsel for the Applicant, submits that the Applicant is not named in the FIR and has been falsely implicated. It is contended that he has no connection with the allegations levelled against him and that no recovery of any incriminating material has been made to link him with the alleged activities or ideology. It is further submitted that in the year 2021, a bailable warrant was issued against him, and after about fifteen years, he was arrested without any justifiable ground. It is also argued that the co-accused persons have already been acquitted of all the charges levelled against them. Further, it is submitted that after acquittal of the co-accused, the matter was carried before the High Court of Uttarakhand, which was rejected at the admission stage for lack of merit.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=I1mmm2bl4r4EREhYK63Kvw8ZZf6hvEPUhyOIKlvAPa2r%2F%2BcK97IcNOv3ow2F39pu&caseno=BA1/468/2026&cCode=1&cino=UKHC010047482026&state_code=15&appFlag=)

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