1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 18th day of September, 2009 Bail Application No. 932 of 2009 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Smt. Bhage @ Bhagmali W/o Shri Deshraj R/o Village Phoolgarhi, P.S. Pathri District Haridwar ………… Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 147 of 2009 Under Sections: 304-B of I.P.C. Police Station: Pathari District: Haridwar. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Rajendra Singh, Advocate present for the applicant. Mr. Prabhakar Joshi, Brief Holder present for the respondent State. Applicant Smt. Bhage @ Bhagmali, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 147 of 2009, relating to offence punishable under Section 304-B of the I.P.C., P.S. Pathari, District Haridwar, has sought her release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The applicant is a woman. She is mother-in-law of the deceased. Cause of death in the postmortem report of the deceased is asphyxia as a result of ante mortem hanging, which suggests suicide committed by the deceased. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that no specific role is assigned to the mother- in-law, nor any specific demand of dowry said to have been made from the deceased. 2 Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the papers on record, 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 Smt. Bhage @ Bhagmali be released on bail, on her executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. [ (Prafulla.C. Pant, J.) Dt. 18.09.2009 H.Negi