IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION 1st Bail Application No.961 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Suraj Verma S/o PC Verma .….Applicant (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party __________________________________________________________ Arising out of FIR No.162/2010, U/s 302/120-B IPC & 25 Arms Act, PS Haldwani, Distt. Nainital __________________________________________________________ Dated: November 9, 2010 HON’BLE DHARAM VEER, J. Heard Mr. DK Sharma, Advocate for the applicant and Mr. BS Parihar, Brief Holder for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he is not named in the FIR; the case rests upon the circumstantial evidence and the chain of the circumstances to connect the applicant with the said crime is not complete. Further, co-accused Ghananand Joshi, with the same role, has been granted bail by the Sessions Judge Nainital on 25.9.10 and the present applicant also deserves bail on the basis of parity. He further submitted that the only evidence against the present applicant is the confessional statement of co-accused Chaman Joshi recorded in the police custody, however the same is not admissible to be read into evidence as per law. After considering all the facts and circumstances and without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Nainital. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) November 9, 2010 Rdang