IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.223 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Rakesh S/o Phool Singh R/o Village Thatkheri P.S. Nakud, District Saharanpur ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: April 5, 2010 Arising out of Case Crime No.231 of 2009 Under Sections 302, 120-B and 34 of IPC P.S. Ranipur, District Haridwar Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Sanjeev Singh, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State and also perused the record. Counter affidavit filed by the State be taken on record. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the applicant is not named in the FIR. He further argued that it is a case of circumstantial evidence and the chain of circumstances is not complete so as to connect the applicant with the said crime. The only evidence collected by the I.O. against him is that the applicant was seen near the field of the deceased Bhopal Singh on the alleged date of incident. He further argued that the co-accused Bobby Dhiman and Smt. Babli have been released on bail by the order of this Court dated 24.11.2009 and 19.01.2010, respectively and the present applicant is also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. It is pleaded that the applicant has no previous criminal history. Having considered the 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 the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Rakesh be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 05.04.2010 RG