IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Ist Bail Application No.1251 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Shivraj Singh S/o Mohan Singh ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.4 of 2009, U/Ss 498-A/304-B IPC, P.S. Batalghat, Distt. Nainital Dated: December 22, 2009 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Akhil Kumar Sah, Advocate for the applicant and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is the brother in law (DEVAR) of deceased Prabha Devi and no specific allegation has been levelled against him in the FIR. He further submitted that the allegations levelled are general in nature. He further submitted that the applicant has got no criminal history before this case and the trial has also yet not been started. Lastly, the applicant was living separately from the deceased and her husband at the time of incident and he is not at all beneficiary with the demand of dowry. After considering all the facts and circumstances, on hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the contents of the FIR and other material on record, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Shivraj Singh be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and also on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Nainital. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 22.12.2009 Rajeev Dang