IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital the 16th day of September 2003 Bail Application No. 743/2003 CRIMINAL SIDE Deepak Joshi, S/o Mata Prasad Joshi, R/o village Bhuinta Bhardar, Sub Tehsil Jakholi P.S. & District Rudraprayag .Applicant. Versus State of Uttaranchal ..Opposite party. _____________________________________________________________ Arising out of case crime No. 567 of 2003 Under sections 498-A/ 304-B I.P.C. & section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act. P.S. Rudraprayag, District Rudraprayag. _______________________________________________ By the Court Hon'ble Irshad Hussain J. Heard Sri R. P. Nauriyal, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. This is a dowry death case. The incident is alleged to have taken place on 18-3-2003 whereas the F.I.R. was lodged after about 3 months on 11.6.2003. The victim Smt. Meera devi was admitted in the hospital where her dying declaration was recorded and she has not attributed any overt act to the applicant-accused. Considering this it is a fit case for bail. The bail application is allowed. The applicant-accused Deepak Joshi shall be released in crime No. 567/2003 under sections 498-A/ 304-B I.P.C. and section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. and District Rudraprayag on his executing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Rudraprayag. (Irshad Hussain J.) 16-9-2003 ISB