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ITEM NO.3 COURT NO.4 SECTION II-B
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).16316/2023 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 24-11-2023 in ABA No.882/2023 passed by the High Court Of Uttarakhand At
Nainital)

ABHISHEK AGARWAL Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Respondent(s)
(IA No.260926/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.260927/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 23-02-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Nagar, Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR
Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Adviteeya Sharma, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R

Heard learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-State and carefully perused the material placed on record.

It is not in dispute that the investigation is complete; chargesheet has been filed and the petitioner is no longer required for investigation purposes.

In this view of the matter, the interim protection granted to the petitioner vide order dated 02.01.2024 is made absolute, and he shall continue on bail during the pending of the trial, subject to the following conditions:

(i) The petitioner shall furnish one additional surety, who should be a local solvent person and a
permanent resident of the State of Uttarakhand.

(ii) The petitioner shall continue to appear before the Trial Court regularly unless granted
exemption.

The Special Leave Petition stands disposed of in the above terms.

As a result, the pending interlocutory applications stand disposed of.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.)

DEPUTY REGISTRAR COURT MASTER (NSH)