IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 22nd day of November, 2011 1st Bail Application No.949 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Shokeen S/o Shri Meer Hasan R/o Naya Nagar,Mehuwala, District Dehradun. ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of Case Crime No. 121 of 2011 Under Sections 304B, 498A .P.C. Police Station-Patelnagar, District Dehradun. I Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Vinod Sharma,Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. Hariom Bhakuni, Brief Holder, present for the State. Heard. Applicant Shauqeen, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 121 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 304B, 498A of I.P.C., Police Station- Patelnagar, District Dehradun, has sought his release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that postmortem report discloses that the cause of death could not be ascertained. Attention of this Court is drawn to the statements of witnesses Ikhlaq, Gulsher, Ajay Kumar Singh, Islamuddin and Nazreen, recorded under Section 161 of Cr.P.C. (copies of which are annexed as annexure No. 2 to 8 2 with the counter affidavit) from which, it appears that Afsana (deceased) died a natural death. 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 Shauqeen, be released on bail, on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 22.11.2011 JM