IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of March, 2011 First Bail Application No. 114 of 2011 Criminal Side Taseen S/o Shri Hashim R/o Village Laxmipur P.S. Sahaspur, Dehradun ……...Applicant (in jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …..….Opposite Party Arising out of crime no. 82/Choharpur/2010-11 Under Section: 26 (1) Ch, 41/42 Indian Forest Act, 1928 P.S. Choharpur Range Dehraudun -_______________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri Shailendra Nauriyal, Advocate, present for the applicant. Shri G.S. Sandhu, G.A., present for the State. Applicant- Taseen, who is in jail in connection with crime no. 82/Choharpur/2010-11, relating to offence punishable under section 26 (1) Ch, 41/42, Indian Forest Act, 1928, Police Station Choharpur Range, Dehradun District Haridwar, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. -2- Applicant is said to have been found taking 19 logs of SAAL tree. He is in jail for almost two months. Without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view, keeping in mind the period for which applicant is in jail, that applicant deserves bail. Bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Taseen be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each of like amount to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, Vikas Nagar (Urgency application no. 947 of 2011, also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 03.03.2011 Parul