IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No. 765 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Ram Lakhan S/o Amar Bahadur R/o Sanjay Colony, Mohini Road, Dehradun District Dehradun ……..Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party __________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No. 130 of 2010 U/s 376 of IPC P.S. Nehru Colony, District Dehradun _________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, Additional Government Advocate for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the F.I.R. is delayed and there is no explanation regarding the delay. He further submitted that there were love affairs between the victim Km. Abhilasha and the applicant Ram Lakhan and there are number of love letters written by the victim to the applicant. He further submitted that the victim and the applicant were the consenting party in the alleged offence. Further, as per the medical report, the victim Km. Abhilash is more than 18 years of age. Having considering the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the papers on record, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant Ram Lakhan be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 17.8.2010 RG