1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated : Nainital: the 23rd Day of July, 2010. Ist Bail Application No. 695 of 2010 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Mahendra Singh S/o late Harsh Singh Village Titri Patti Mall Chokot Patwari Area Kumaleshwar Tehsil Bhikyasain, District Almora ………… Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …………Opposite Party ____________________________________________________ Arising out of Crime No. 03 of 2006 Under Section : 307,325,326,324,504,506, 498-A of I.P.C. Police Station: Patwari Area Kumleshwar, Tehsil Bhikyasain District: Almorar Hon’ble Prafulla C.Pant,J. Mr. A.S. Rawat, Advocate, with Mr. C.S. Rawat, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for respondent State. Applicant Mahendra Singh, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 03 of 2006, relating to offences punishable under Section 307, 325, 326, 324, 504, 506, 498-A of I.P.C., Patwari Area Kumleshwar, Tehsil Bhikyasain, District Almora, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2 Application is in jail for about two months. Attention of this Court is drawn to the first information report, and it is submitted that in substance it is a case of 325 of I.P.C. In the facts and circumstances of the case, having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Mahendra Singh be released on bail on his giving an undertaking not to drink alcohol, and on executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Almora. (Prafulla.C.Pant.,J.) Dt. 23.07.2010 H.Negi