IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 21st day of December, 2011 1st Bail Application No.1097 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Maya Devi, W/o Sri Keshav Ram, Resident of Ratanpur Chakalua, P.S. Kaladhungi, District Nainital. ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of F.I.R. No. 53 of 2011, Under Section- 498A, 304B I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Kaladhungi, District- ainital. N Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Ajay Singh Bisht, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Heard. Applicant Maya Devi, who is in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 53 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 498A, 304B I.P.C. and one punishable under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station- Kaladhungi, District Nainital, has sought her release on bail. 2 Applicant is a woman (mother-in-law). No specific role has been assigned to the applicant in the First Information Report. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant and other family members took the deceased to the hospital in an attempt to save her life, after she caught the fire. 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. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Maya Devi, be released on bail, on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 21.12.2011 JM