IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 15th day of February, 2010 I Bail Application No. 35 of 2010 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Ashok Pandit S/o Kanhai Lal R/o Kasba and Thana Bahjoi District Moradabad (U.P.). ………… Applicant Versus S tate of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 310 of 2009 Under Sections: 395, 397, 412 of I.P.C. Police Station: Vikas Nagar District: Dehradun. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Siddhartha Sah, Advocate present for the applicant. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder present for the State. Applicant Ashok Pandit, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 310 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Section 395, 397, 412 of I.P.C., police station Vikas Nagar, District Dehradun, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is a jeweler in Bahjoi, Moradabad. It is further submitted that from the contents of the first information report it is evident that the case of the complainant is that the applicant, a jeweler, was called by the dacoits to sell the looted property to him. It is pleaded that even if the allegations made in the first information report are taken to be true, the applicant is not directly involved in the dacoity. Without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, in the above circumstances, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant Ashok Pandit be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 15.02.2010 H.Negi