IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION 1st Bail Application No. 1012 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Vijay Mukharjee .….Applicant (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party ___________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No. 18/2009, U/s 7/13(1)D r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, PS Vigilance Sector, Dehradun. ___________________________________________________________________ November 24, 2010 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Mr. Sandeep Tandon with Ms. Deepa Arya, the learned Counsel for the applicant and Mr. Prabhakar Joshi, the learned Brief Holder for the State. It is a case of illegal gratification, taking rupees two thousand for releasing a certain sum of money from the provident fund account. The minimum sentence for the alleged crime, if proved, is one year. The applicant has already spent more than eleven and half months behind the bars. Considering the facts and circumstances that have been brought on the record and without commenting on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail at this stage. Consequently, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Vijay Mukharjee be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No. 18/2009, under Section 7/13(D) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, PS Vigilance Sector, Dehradun subject to his executing a personal bond and furnishing of two sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge/Special Judge, Prevention of Corruption Act, Dehradun. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) 24.11.2010 PRABODH