IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 7th day of February, 2008 First Bail Application No. 113 of 2008 Criminal Side Mohd. Islam S/o Mohd. Ismail Kasba Shamli, P.S. Kotwali Shamali District Muzaffarnagar. ......Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ........Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 427 of 2007 Under Sections: 498A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. & 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act P.S.: Kotwali Rorkee District: Haridwar. Hon'ble Prafulla. C. Pant, J. Heard Shri Navneet Kaushik, learned counsel fro the applicant, Ms. Prabha Noliyal, learned counsel for the complainant and Shri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. Applicant-Mohd. Islam, who is in jail in connection with criminal case No. 427 of 2007, relating to offence punishable under Section 498, 323, 504, 506, I.P.C. and one punishable under Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, P.S.: Kotwali Rorkee, District-Haridwar, has sought his release on bail. The First Information Report is delayed one, lodged under orders of Magistrate under Section 156(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The applicant is father-in-law of the complainant. It is argued on behalf of the applicant that applicant lives separately from his son (husband of the complainant). Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant-Mohd. Islam 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, Haridwar. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 07.02.2008 Vacation Jude S