IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 13th day of February 2008 Criminal Misc. Bail application no.127 of 2008 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Baljeet S/o Surja, Resident of village Preetpur, Police Station Laksar, District Hardwar. ….Applicant/appellant Versus State of Uttarakhand …Opposite Party Arising out of case crime no. 280 of 2007 3/7 Esential Commodities Act. P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri K.S. Verma, learned counsel for the applicant/ accused and Sri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 20.10.2007 on making inspection 180 litres of diesel and 20 litres of petrol was said to be recovered from the possession the applicant/accused. With the same averments an F.I.R. was lodged by Sri M.P. Mishra, Supply Inspector, Bahadrabad on 24.10.2007 at 6:40 p.m. at Koktwali Jwalapur, district Haridwar. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is simply a tailor by profession and in fact, the owner of the said shop is one Sri Rajesh from where the said recovery of petrol and diesel was made. It is further submitted that the co-accused Rajesh has been released by the order of the in-charge Sessions Judge, Haridwar on 22.12.2007 and in these circumstances the applicant is entitled to bail on the basis of parity. After considering all the facts and circumstances, and without expressing any opinion about the final merit of the case, the court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant/accused Baljeet s/o Surja be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Haridwar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) February 13, 2008: NCM: