IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 8th day of January, 2008 Criminal Bail Application No. 1440 of 2007 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Sachin Jauhari S/o Sri Dharam Prakash, R/o House N.LIG-B-307, Avas Vikas Kichha, P.S. Kichha, District U.S. Nagar ….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.2819 of 2007 U/Ss 306 IPC, P.S. Kichha, Distt. U.S. Nagar Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri D.K. Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri M.A.Khan, learned brief holder for the State. In brief the prosecution case is that deceased Sheetal was married with the present applicant and the present applicant used to take liquor. It was also averted in the FIR that the applicant was harassing the deceased after taking the liquor and due to this reason, she committed suicide on 9.10.2007. With the same averments, the FIR was lodged on 10.10.2007 at 7:30 P.M. at P.S. Kichha, Distt. U.S.Nagar by Raj Kumar, father of the deceased. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the allegations made in the FIR are general in nature and there is no specific allegation made against him and only allegation made against him is that he was habitual in taking the liquor. He further submitted that deceased had committed suicide herself and she was not provoked for committing suicide by the present applicant. He further submitted that the applicant is in jail since last about three months and the trial has yet not been started and he has got no got no criminal history before this case. After considering all the fact 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 Sachin Johari be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, U.S. Nagar. (Dharam Veer, J.) January 8, 2008 Rajeev Dang