IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of August, 2010 First Bail Application No.568 of 2010. Criminal Side Ram Kewal Tiwari S/o Late Lalta Prasad Tiwari R/oVillage Tunnu Tiwari Ka Purwa (Aenja) P.S. Waldiram District Sultanpur At present Lekhpal in the office of Naib Tehsildar Sitarganj Udham Singh Nagar ……...Applicant ( in Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand. …..….Opposite Party Arising out of FIR No. 01of 2010 Under Section: 7/13(1)(d), read with section 13 (2)of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chalani Vigilance Haldwani District: Nainital - Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Smt. Pushpa Joshi, Advocate, present for the applicant. Shri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Applicant- Ram Kewal Tiwari, who is in jail in connection with crime/FIR no. 01 of 2010, relating to offence punishable under section 7/13(1) (d), read with section 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Chalani Vigilance Haldwani, District Nainital, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is in jail for -2- last more than 6 months. It is further submitted that it is a matter of alleged acceptance of gratification of only Rs. 1000/-. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, and after going through the papers on record, in the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. Accordingly, bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Ram Kewal Tiwari, be released on bail on executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each of like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned. Dt. 03.08.2010 Parul (Prafulla C. Pant, J.)