IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of August, 2009 First Bail Application No. 693 of 2009 Criminal Side 1. Smt. Mala Devi W/o Shri Bacchu Mistri 2. Vipin Chand S/o Bacchu Mistri R/o Village Ojali P.S. Pauri, District Pauri. ……...Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime No. 735 of 2009 Under Sections: 304 (B) I.P.C. & ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. P.S.: Kotwali Pauri District: Pauri. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Shri R.P. Nautiyal, learned counsel for the applicants and Shri Amit Bhatt, A.G.A. for the State and Shri D.K. Sharma, Advocate for the complainant. Applicants-Mala Devi and Vipin Chand, who are in jail in connection with case crime No. 735 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Sections 304 (B) I.P.C. and one punishable under Section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, P.S.: Kotwali Pauri, District- Pauri, have sought their release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicant No. 1-Mala Devi is mother-in-law and applicant No. 2-Vipin Chand is brother-in-law of the deceased. It is pointed out that in the First Information Report, there is allegation of demand of Rs. 2,00,000/- against the husband (Manoj Kumar) of the deceased. It is further submitted that father-in-law –Bacchu Mistri and sister-in-law Savita, with similar role have already been enlarged on bail by learned Sessions Judge, Pauri. Having heard 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 applicants deserve bail. Let the applicants- Mala Devi and Vipin Chand, be released on bail on executing 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pauri Garhwal. Dt. 03.08.2009 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S 2 3