IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 21st day of October, 2010 1st Bail application No. 933 of 2010 Order on the bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Sonu … Applicant Vs State of Uttarakhand … Opposite Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arising out of Case Crime No. 1453 of 2010 Under Sections 363, 366 of I.P.C. Police Station Banbasa District Champawat By the court Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Ms. Jyoti Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State. Learned counsel for the accused/applicant has submitted that the victim – Km. Renu Arya is a major and more than 18 years of age. As per the prosecution case, she is a consenting party and she had gone with the co-accused Firoj with her own consent. She further submitted that the only role assigned to the applicant is that he has dropped the co-accused as well as the victim on his motorcycle from Roadways bus stop to Khatima. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the papers available on record and without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Champawat. Bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 21.10.2010 ASWAL