IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal I Bail Application No.377 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Mohd. Rashid Naseem S/o Naseemuddin Siddique, R/o 1134, A/25 Block L-2, Shani Mandi Sangam Vihar New Delhi-62 ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.67 of 2010, U/s 420/406/468/471 IPC, P.S. Kotwali District Dehradun Dated: March 30, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. M.S. Pal, Sr. Adv. assisted by Mr. J.S. Titiyal, Adv. for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is a practicing Advocate in Patiala House, Delhi and he is a Legal Advisor of Public Help Development Society which is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 being Registration No.53038. He further stated that whatever the fees he has charged from the complainant Santosh Naithani i.e. the fees charged for giving him legal advice and the complainant has also applied for the membership of the aforesaid Society. He further argued that the averments made and the allegations are just to pressurize and defame the applicant and the applicant has not committed any cheating with the complainant and the complainant himself had come to the applicant for the legal advice. He further submitted that he is in jail since 21.2.2010 and has no pervious criminal history. After considering all the facts and circumstances, perusing the contents of the FIR and other papers available on record, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant Mohd. Rashid Naseem be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Dehradun. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 30.03.2010 Rajeev Dang