IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: The 14th Day of December, 2010 1st Bail Application No. 1074 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Sonu Sagar .….Applicant (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party ___________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No. 68/2008 U/s 18/20 N.D.P.S. Act, PS Kathgodam, District Nainital. ___________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri Atul Bhatt, Advocate, present for the applicant. Shri G.S. Sandhu, GA, present for the State. Applicant Sonu Sagar, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 68 of 2008 relating to offence punishable under Section 18/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Kathgodam, District Nainital, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. One and half kilogram charas is said to have recovered from the applicant. Applicant has no criminal history. He is in jail for last one year and eleven months. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant Sonu Sagar be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Nainital. Bail application stands allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 14.12.2010 PRABODH