IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 18th day of September, 2009 First Bail Application No. 741 of 2009 Criminal Side Hardeep Singh Bisht S/o Late Sri Vijay Singh Bisht R/o Dhayar Gaon, Patti Vichla Badalpur, P.S. Rikhnikhal Tehsil Lansdown District Pauri Garhwal. ……...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime No. 25 of 2009 Under Sections: ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 & 420 I.P.C. P.S.: Rikhnikhal District: Pauri Garhwal. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Shri Gopal Krishna, Advocate for the applicant, and Shri Prabhakar Joshi, Brief Holder for the State. Applicant-Hardeep Singh Bisht, who is in jail in connection with case crime No. 25 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and one punishable under Section 420 I.P.C., P.S.: Rikhnikhal, District- Pauri Garhwal, has sought his release on bail. It is alleged in the First Information Report that the marriage of the applicant was settled with the complainant’s daughter on 16.12.2007 and marriage was fixed for 08.06.2009. It is further alleged in the First Information Report that for non fulfillment of demand of dowry, the applicant refused to marry the complainant’s daughter and got married to some other girl in April 2009. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that there was no demand of dowry. It was in the knowledge of the complainant and his family members that the applicant had already got married in April 2009, to another girl. 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 applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant- Hardeep Singh Bisht, be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Lansdowne. Dt. 18.09.2009 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S