IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 10th day of October, 2006 First Bail Application No. 926 of 2006 Criminal Side Abhay Pratap Singh S/o Sri Ram Iqbal R/o Devi Mandir Balasour Kotdwar, District Pauri Garhwal ……….. Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal ………. Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 466 of 2006 Under Sections: 364 I.P.C. P. S.: Kotdwar District: Pauri Garhwal Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard Shri Raman Kumar Shah, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Amit Bhatt, learned A.G.A. for the State. Applicant- Abhay Pratap Singh, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 926 of 2006, relating to offence punishable under Sections 364 I.P.C. P.S. Kotdwar, District- Pauri Garhwal, has sought his release on bail. Applicant is not named in the First Information Report. The main accused is said to be one Mazid, who kidnapped the boy Deepak, brother of a girl to whom Mazid wanted to marry. At this stage, it is not clear what is the specific role of the applicant in commission of crime. Without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant-Abhay Pratap Singh be released on bail on executing personal bond and on furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pauri Garhwal. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 10.10.2006 S