IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.319 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Biju @ Bijendra Punetha S/o Bachhu R/o Bhatwada, Patti Dharmandal, District Tehri Garhwal ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: April 5, 2010 Arising out of Case Crime No.57 of 2010 Under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC P.S. Kotwali New Tehri, District Tehri Garhwal Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Sandeep Kothari, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Additional G.A. for the State and also perused the record. Urgency Application No.1259 of 2010 is allowed. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the FIR of the case was not lodged by the victim Smt. Shanta Devi however it was lodged by Satyapal Singh, Assistant Manager, Financial and Development Corporation, Narendra Nagar on the basis of news item published in daily news paper. It is further argued that the applicant is not involved in the said crime and he has been implicated in the case due to political rivalry. It is pleaded that the applicant is in jail since 9.2.2010 and he has got no previous criminal history. Having considered 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- Biju @ Bijendra Punetha be released on bail on his executing personal bond and also on furnishing two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Tehri Garhwal. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 05.04.2010 RG