IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 7th day of August, 2009 First Bail Application No. 545 of 2009 Criminal Side 1. Munna Lal, S/o Bankes 2. Smt. Krishna Devi W/o Munna Lal Both R/o Village Muhuwawdabra P.S. Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. ……...Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party Arising out of F.I.R. No. 19 of 2009 Under Sections: 304 B, 498A I.P.C. & ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act. P.S.: Jaspur District: Udham Singh Nagar. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Smt. Pushpa Joshi, Advocate for the applicants and Amit Bhatt, A.G.A. for the State. Applicants-Munna Lal and Smt. Krishna, who are in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 19 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Sections 304 B, 498 A I.P.C. P.S.: Jaspur, District-Udham Singh Nagar, have sought their release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants live separately from Gurmeet Singh (husband of the deceased) and the deceased. Copy of certificate, issued by Nagar Panchayat, has been filed in support of this fact. Learned counsel for the applicants further pointed out that both the applicants are suffering from illness. Supplementary counter affidavit, filed on behalf of the State, itself shows that the Medical Board, has verified, after examination, that applicant No. 1- Munna Lal, father-in-law of the deceased is suffering from tuberculosis. Also papers relating to medical treatment of applicant No. 2-Krishna Devi, are on record, filed on behalf of the applicants. Having considered 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 applicants deserve bail. Let the applicants- Munna Lal and Smt. Krishna Devi, be released on bail on executing personal bond by each one of them and furnishing two sureties, for each one of them, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. Dt. 07.08.2009 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S