IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 5th day of December, 2011 1st Bail Application No.1010 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Raju Joshi, S/o Late Harad Joshi, R/o Village Lodhiyagarh, Post Officer Barabey, P.S. Kotwali Pithoragarh, Tehsil & District Pithoragarh. ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of F.I.R. No.97 of 2011, Under Section 8/20 N.D.P.S. Act, olice Station- Kotwali Pithoragarh. District-Pithoragarh. P Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. H.C. Pande, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. T.C. Agarwal, Additional G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Raju Joshi, who is in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 97 of 2011, relating to offence punishable under Section 8/20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985, Police Station- Kotwali Pithoragarh, District Pithoragarh, has sought his release on bail. Two Kg of cannabis (CHARAS) is said to have been recovered from the applicant. Learned counsel for the 2 applicant submitted that there is not public witness of the alleged recovery made from the applicant. It is further submitted that applicant has no criminal history. Attention of this Court is also drawn to the representation made by the villagers on the day of incident against the Police due to which applicant is falsely implicated in the crime. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, and after going through the papers on record, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Raju Joshi, be released on bail, on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 05.12.2011 JM