IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 22nd day of September, 2006 First Bail Application No. 865 of 2006 CRIMINAL SIDE 1. Smt. Sona Devi W/o Bhajan Singh 2. Km. Susmi @ Susma D/o Bhajan Singh Both R/o Gram-Gyanaja Patti Barahat P.S. Kotwarli, District Uttarkashi ............. Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal ............. Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 537 of 2006 Under Sections: 304-B/120 B I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act. P.S.: Kotwali District: Uttarkashi. _____________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Shri B.S. Adhikari, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. Applicants- Smt. Sona Devi and Km. Susmi alias Susma, who are in jail in connection with crime No. 537 of 2006 relating to offence punishable under Sections 304-B/120B I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Kotwali, District Uttarkashi, have sought, their release on bail. Both the applicants are women. In the First Information Report, there is allegation only against the husband- Jaswant Singh that he killed his wife. Without expressing any opinion, as to the final merits of the case, in the above circumstances, this Court is of the view that applicants deserve bail. Let the applicants-Smt. Sona Devi and Km. Susmi alias Susma be released on bail on executing personal bond by each one of them and furnishing two sureties for each one of them, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uttarkashi. Dated 22.09.2006 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S