IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital : the 9th day of May, 2008 First Bail Application No. 1345 of 2007 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Ramesh Prajapati @ Raju ………. Applicant/Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand ……… Respondent ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Crime No. 158 of 2007 Under Sections: 419 and 420 I.P.C. Police Station: Jogiwala, Nehru Colony District : Dehradun. ________________________________________________________ Hon’ble V.K. GUPTA, C. J. Mr. S.K.Agarwal, Senior Counsel with Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. G.S.Sandhu, Government Advocate for the State. Counter affidavit has been filed. Supplementary affidavit has also been filed pursuant to the Court’s order dated 31.03.2008. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, looking to the nature of the allegations against the petitioner and the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 4th September, 2007, I think that it is a fit case where he should be released on bail. Accordingly, the application is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his executing a bail bond with two sureties each in the like amount, both of whom must be residents of district Dehradun, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. (V.K. Gupta, C. J.) 09.05.2008 A