IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal III Bail Application No.5 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Gurmeet Singh @ Karan Singh ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.1797 of 2007, U/s 147/148/149/302/201/34 IPC, P.S. Gadapur,Distt. U.S. Nagar Dated: March 26, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mrs. Pushpa Joshi, Adv. for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State. The first bail application was rejected on 19.9.2008 while the second bail application was disposed of on 18.12.2009 directing the trial court to consider all the facts and circumstances of this case and decide the bail application afresh on the basis of the evidence of prosecution witnesses. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the applicant is not named in the FIR and the only evidence against him is the last seen evidence. She further argued that the chain of the circumstances is not complete to connect the applicant with the said crime and the applicant /accused is in jail for last more than one year and the trial has yet not been completed. After considering all the facts and circumstances, perusing the contents of the FIR and other papers available 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 Gurmeet Singh be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M., U.S. Nagar. The present third bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 26.03.2010 Rajeev Dang