IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Bail Application No.271 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Nazim S/o Sher Mohammad ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of FIR No.188 of 2009, U/s 364-A IPC, P.S. Khatima , Distt. U.S. Nagar Dated: March 9, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Mahavir Singh Tyagi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he is not named in the FIR and even the FIR of the said incident was lodged after three days and no reasonable explanation has been given with regard to delay. He further argued that the co-accused Salman with the similar role has been granted bail by this Court on 4.3.2010 and the applicant also deserves bail on the ground of parity. Further, the applicant has got no criminal history before this case. Lastly, he has been implicated being the friend of co- accused Salman who has been granted bail by this Court. After considering all the facts and circumstances, 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 Nazim be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, U.S. Nagar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 09.03.2010 Rajeev Dang