IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Ist Bail Application No.1250 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Sawitri Devi W/o Harikesh Gautam ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.176 of 2009, U/Ss 304-B IPC, P.S. Khatima, Distt. U.S. Nagar Dated: December 22, 2009 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri S.K. Mandal, Advocate for the applicant and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is the mother in law of deceased Chandrawati Devi and no specific allegation has been levelled against her in the FIR. He further submitted that the allegations levelled are general in nature. He further submitted that the applicant is in jail since 31.8.2009 and she has got no criminal history before this case and the trial has also yet not been started. Lastly, the applicant is an old lady of 55 years and ailing with serious diseases and she was living separately from the deceased and her husband at the time of incident and she is not at all beneficiary with the demand of dowry. After considering all the facts and circumstances, on hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the contents of the FIR and other material on record, 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-Sawitri Devi be released on bail on her executing a personal bond and also on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M., U.S. Nagar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 22.12.2009 Rajeev Dang