IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 25th day of February, 2011 I Bail Application No. 152 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE 1. Sunil S/o Pyare Lal R/o Village Seku, Patti Barahat Tehsil Bhatwari, District Uttarkashi. 2. Anil S/o Sri Puran Das R/o Village Dwari, Patti Taknor Tehsil Bhatwari, District Uttarkashi. ………… Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party Arising out of Forest Crime No. 02 of 2011 Under Sections: 9, 39, 50, 51 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Police Station: Barahat Range, Bhagirathi Van Vratt, Uttarkashi District: Uttarkashi. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Niranjan Bhatt, Advocate, present for the applicants. Mr. S.S. Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Applicants Sunil and Anil, who are in jail in connection with Forest Crime No. 02 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 9, 39, 50, 51 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Bharahat Range, Bhagirathi 2 Van Vratt, Uttarkashi, District Uttarkashi, have sought their release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that one leopard skin has been shown recovered from the applicants. It is pleaded that there is no public witness of the incident, nor the recovery memo is said to have been signed by the accused / applicants. It is further submitted that applicants have no criminal history. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this court is of the view that the applicants deserve bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicants Sunil and Anil be released on bail on executing a personal bond by each one of them and furnishing two sureties for each one of them, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uttarkashi. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 25.02.2011 H.Negi 3