IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 19th day of November 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1080 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Pradeep & Others .…. Applicant (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party ___________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No 335 of 2009, U/s 467, 468, 471, 472, 420/34 I.P.C PS Rudraprayag, District Rudraprayag. _______________________________________________________________ November 19, 2009 HON’BLE DHARAM VEER, J. Heard Sri Navnish Negi, learned Counsel for the accused applicants and Sri Amit Bhatt, Additional G.A. for the State. Learned Counsel for the accused applicants submitted that the applicants Pradeep, Vijay Kumar and Ravindra were arrested by the police along with the co- accused Anand Singh Negi on 15.8.2009. Two carats of liquor having 24 bottles of wine have been shown to be recovered from their possession in a vehicle. He further argued that on the basis of the aforesaid recovery, a case under Section 60/72 of the Excise Act is only made against the accused applicants and bail in connection with that offence has already been granted to them. He further submitted that co-accused Anand Singh Negi who has similar role as shown in the recovery memo has been granted bail by the order dated 8.10.2009 passed by this Court and the present accused applicants are also entitled for bail on the basis of the parity. Having heard the submissions of learned Counsel for the parties and after considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without commenting upon 2 the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicants deserve bail at this stage. Let the applicants Pradeep, Vijay Kumar and Ravindra be released on bail on executing a personal bond by each of them and furnishing of two sureties each in like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Rudraprayag. Bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 19.11.2009 PRABODH