IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Bail Application No.318 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Rahul Baluni ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.2550 of 2009, U/s 420/467/468/471 IPC, P.S. Kotdwar, Distt. Pauri Garhwal Dated: March 17, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, Adv. for the applicant and Mr. M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant has not prepared or fabricated any forged document or certificate of Saurabh. He further argued that even the documents which where alleged to be forged, the handwriting of those documents has not been certified by the Handwriting Expert and the applicant is in jail since last one month and he has no criminal history before this case. After considering all the facts and circumstances, 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 Rahul Baluni be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Pauri Garhwal. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 17.03.2010 Rajeev Dang