IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 12th day of February, 2008 Criminal Bail Application No.125 of 2008 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Jagdish S/o Munu, R/o Village Dadaki, P.S. Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar. ….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.244 of 2007 Under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of I.P.C. Police Station Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Manish Arora, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Harish Pujari, learned Additional GA for the State. In brief the prosecution case is that the present applicant has filed the false extract of the Khatoni to become a member of the Ganna Department. With the same averments, the F.I.R. was lodged by Sri Omkar on 16.09.2007 at 06:40 P.M. in Police Station Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that before lodging the F.I.R. no inquiry was made from the applicant that whether the extract of the Khatoni was false or genuine. He has further submitted that without any investigation or inquiry complainant Omkar Singh has filed an F.I.R. against the present applicant. He has further submitted that the applicant has not filed any false or fabricated documents before the concerning authority to become a member of the Ganna Department. He has further submitted that the applicant is in jail since 7.01.2008 and the trial of the case had not yet been started and he has got no criminal history before this case. After considering all the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion about the final merit of the case, the court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant Jagdish be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Laksar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) February 12, 2008 ARTI