IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal I Bail Application No.867 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Pintu Sharma S/o Rajpal Sharma, R/o Village Basvakheri, PS Manglaur, Distt. Haridwar ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of FIR No.290/2010, U/s 376/511 IPC, PS Kotwali Manglaur, Distt. Haridwar Dated: September 23, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. KS Verma, Advocate for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. G.A. for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the victim Smt. Reshma is aged about 19 years i.e. she is a major. Further, her statement recorded by the IO does not corroborate the contents of the FIR. Lastly, the applicant is in jail since last about 3 months and has got no previous criminal history. After considering all the facts and circumstances, perusing the contents of the FIR and other papers available on record, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant be released on bail on executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Haridwar. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) September 23, 2010 Rajeev Dang