IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 28th day of October, 2006 First Bail Application No. 998 of 2006 Criminal Side Smt. Gangotri Devi S/o Trilochan Joshi R/o Village – Junayal Patwari Area-Banlekh District Bageshwar ……….. Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal ………. Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 01 of 2006 Under Sections: 304-B/498-A I.P.C. and Section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act 1961. Patwari Area: Banlekh District: Bageshwar. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard Shri B.S. Adhikari, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Amit Bhatt, learned A.G.A. for the State. Applicant- Gangotri Devi, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 01 of 2006, relating to offence punishable under Sections 304-B, 498-A of I.P.C. and under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Patwari Area- Banlekh, District- Bageshwar, has sought her release on bail. It is argued that the allegations relating to demand of dowry are vague and general in nature. Applicant is a woman. She is mother-in-law of the deceased. There are common allegations against all the accused. Considering that the applicant is a woman, this Court is of the view that in the above circumstances, she deserves bail. Let the applicant Smt. Gangotri Devi be released on bail on executing personal bond and on furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bageshwar. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 28.10.2006 S