C.J.’s Court IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 4th day of October, 2002 Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 1038 of 2002 Order on the Bail Application CRIMINAL SIDE Preetam Singh S/o Murli Singh, Resident of Village Mahuadabra, P.S. Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar............... Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal .................. Opposite party. _____________________________________________________________ Arising out of case crime No.107 of 2002 Under Sections: 302 I.P.C. Police Station: Jaspur DISTRICT: Udham Singh Nagar. _____________________________________________________________ By the Court Hon. A. A. Desai, C. J. Heard Mrs. Pushpa Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. The arrest of the accused is pursuant to the offence punishable under section 302,I.P.C. From the investigation, statement is available. The statement is indicative that the applicant caused injury with fire arm to the deceased and he died. In view of this direct evidence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the accused-applicant. Mrs. Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant, tried to urge that the witnesses, who rendered statements are highly interested because they were friends of the deceased. Friendship with the deceased does not make them interested and thereby their account can not be discredited. The bail application is, therefore, rejected. 04.10.2002 (A.A. Desai, C.J.) A