IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 29th day of August, 2011 1st Bail Application No.697 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Puja Alias Divya, W/o Kundan R/o Lakchhampur, Bailparao, Ramnagar, At present Bhatt Colony, Talli Bamori, Haldwani, District-Nainital. ………Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party Arising out of F.I.R. No. 226 of 2011, Under Section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Police Station- Haldwani, District Nainital. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Rajesh S. Nagarkoti, Advocate, with Mr. Lalit Sharma Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Puja @ Divya, who is in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 226 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Police Station- Haldwani, District- Nainital has sought her release on bail. The applicant is a woman. It is pleaded on behalf of the applicant that she has been implicated in the crime only for the reason that her mother Basanti said to have been allegedly running a brothel house. It 2 is contended that applicant after her marriage is resident of Ramnagar, not Haldwani. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion, as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Puja @ Divya, be released on bail on her executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 29.08.2011 JM