IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 23rd day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1256 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Pawan Kumar ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 23, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.772/2009 Under Sections 489-A, 489-B and 489-C of IPC P.S. Kotwali Haridwar, District Haridwar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Vivek Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State and also perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that as per the averments made in the F.I.R. 50 counterfeit notes each of Rs.500 were shown to be recovered from the possession of the present applicant. It is further submitted that from the contents of the FIR only Section 489-C IPC which contains possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes is made out which is a bailable offence. It is further submitted that the co-accused Praveen @ Bhim has been granted bail by the order of Sessions Judge, Haridwar dated 27.11.2009 and the present applicant is also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. It is further submitted that the applicant has no previous criminal history; he is in jail since 2.11.2009 and the trial of the case has yet not been started. After considering all the facts and circumstances; on hearing learned counsel for the parties; on perusal of the contents of the F.I.R. and other papers available in file, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Pawan Kumar 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.) 23.12.2009 RG