IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.899 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Smt. Rukmani Devi ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: October 7, 2010 __________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.3 of 2010 U/Ss 498A, 304B, 201 and 120B IPC P.S. Someshwar, District Almora ______________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. GA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is mother-in-law of the deceased and on the alleged date of incident she was living separately from the deceased and her husband. She is about 70 years’ of age and is ailing with several diseases. It is further submitted that co-accused Smt. Asha Mehra has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 5.10.2010 and the present applicant is also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. After considering all the facts and circumstances; on hearing learned counsel for the parties; on perusal of 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 Smt. Rukmani Devi be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM Almora. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 7.10.2010 RG