IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 4th day of January, 2008 Criminal Bail Application No. 16 of 2008 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Rajendra Giri S/o Mool Chand R/o Village Daulatpur, P.S. Bahadarabad, District Hardwar ….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party ______________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.212 of 2003 (S.T. No. 150/2004) U/Ss 147/148/149/323/506/364/427/452 IPC P.S. Jwalapur, Distt. Hardwar Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Sanjeev Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Harish Pujari, learned Addl. GA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant was released on bail by this Court on 9.9.2003 but due to his non- appearance before the trial court, his bail was cancelled and he was arrested by the police and he is in jail since 14.9.2007. He further submitted that the applicant is a labourer and he could not appear before the trial court on the date fixed because he had informed his counsel that he would not be in a condition to appear before the trial court on the date fixed as he was busy in the employment in Tarantaran, Punjab. He further submitted that he was not intentionally absent from the trial court rather he did not appear in the trial court due to the employment in Punjab and also due to sickness and he further submitted that he is in jail since 14.9.2007. After considering all the fact and circumstances, without expressing any opinion about the final merit of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant Rajendra Giri be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the C.J.M., Hardwar. (Dharam Veer, J.) January 4, 2008 Rajeev Dang