IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 4th day of September, 2009 First Bail Application No. 883 of 2009 Criminal Side Bablu alias Asif S/o Shri Abrar Kha R/o Morarjinagar, Talli Haldwani District Nainital. ……...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party Arising out of F.I.R. No. 249 of 2009 Under Sections: 342, 304 B, 498A I.P.C. & ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act. P.S.: Haldwani District: Nainital. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Shri R.S. Sammal, Advocate for the applicant and Shri B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder for the State. Applicant-Bablu alias Asif, who is in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 249 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Sections 342, 304 B, 498 A I.P.C. and one punishable under Section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S.: Haldwani, District-Nainital, has sought his release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is brother-in-law (NANDOI) of the deceased. It is further contended that no specific role has been assigned to the applicant in the First Information Report. It is also argued that applicant lived separately from the deceased and her husband. Having considered submissions of 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 applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant- Bablu alias Asif, be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital. Dt. 04.09.2009 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S