1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 18th day of September, 2009 Bail Application No. 934 of 2009 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Kishore Mohanti S/o Shubash Mohanti R/o Moo. Cooperative Colony Raigadha P.S. Raigadha, District Raigadha (Orissa). ………… Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 189 of 2009 Under Sections: 302, 201, 120-B of I.P.C. Police Station: Ranipur District: Haridwar. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mrs. Pushpa Joshi, Advocate present for the applicant. Mr. Prabhakar Joshi, Brief Holder present for the respondent State. Applicant Kishore Mohanti, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 189 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Section 302, 201, 120-B of the I.P.C., P.S. Ranipur, District Haridwar, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is not named in the first information report. It is further submitted that it is a case of circumstantial evidence. A knife is said to have been recovered from the possession of the applicant. 2 It is pointed out that the complainant herself has been made accused in the case. 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 Kishore Mohanti be released on bail, on his 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