IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital : the 27th day of March, 2008 First Bail Application No. 259 of 2008 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Mohan Chandra Pandey s/o late Bharav Dutt Pandey, R/o Village - Ghursho, Post Almora. .............. Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ................ Respondent ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Crime No. 159 of 2008 Under Sections: 9/51 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Police Station: Kotwali District: Almora ________________________________________________________ Hon'ble V.K.GUPTA, C.J. Heard Mr. M. S. Pal, the learned Senior Counsel with Sri B. S. Adhikari, Advocate for the applicant/petitioner and Mr. Harish Pujari, Additional Government Advocate for the State. It is admitted by the learned counsel for the respondent that Section 51-A of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is not attracted in this case. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and on going through the records including the Meat Inspection Report, I feel that this is a fit case where the petitioner should be released on bail. The petition is accordingly allowed. It is directed that the petitioner shall be released on bail on his executing a bail bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Almora. (V.K. Gupta, C.J.) 27.03.2008 A