IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 19th day of October, 2006 Crl. Bail Application No. 749 of 2006 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Vakil Ahmad S/o Ali Hasan R/o Village Rasulpur @ Kankarkhata, P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar. ……….. Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal ............. Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 163 of 2006 Under Sections: 420, 467, 468, 471 of I.P.C. Police Station: Laksar District: Haridwar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Mr. T.A. Khan, Advocate and Mrs. Farida Siddiqui, Advocate for the applicant, and Mr. Lalit Verma, learned A.G.A. for the State. Applicant Vakil Ahmad, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 163 of 2006, relating of offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of I.P.C., P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar, has sought his release on bail. According to the First Information Report, the applicant misrepresented to the complainant that one Jeet Singh wants to transfer his land. Believing the same, complainant Sattar Ali handed over Rs. 1,00,000/-, as advance to one Udayveer. In the First Information Report it is further alleged that the land actually did not belong to Jeet Singh, as such, the complainant was cheated. It is argued that the applicant Vakil Ahmad did not receive any sum from the complainant. He is in jail since June, 2006. Considering the above facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant appears to be entitled for bail. Let the applicant Vakil Ahmad 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. Dated 19.10.2006 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) H.Negi