IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 15th day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1219 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Kewal Singh ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 15, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.139/2009 u/S 147/148/149/323/452/506/302/307 of IPC P.S. Bazpur, District Udham Singh Nagar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Zafar Ullah Siddiquie, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State and also perused the record. In brief, the prosecution story is that on 9.5.2009 at 03:00 AM in the night the applicant-accused Kewal Singh alongwith co-accused Chandrapal, Hem Chand, Mor Singh and Hukum Singh caused injuries to Sobran Singh by Danda, Gandasa, tamancha, Churi. When the wife of Sobran Singh, namely, Urmila tried to save her husband the accused persons also caused injuries to her. As a result of injuries caused by the applicant and co-accused persons, Sobran Singh died on the spot. With the same averments, the FIR of the said incident was lodged by Dharamjeet on 9.5.2009 at 07:35 AM. 14 ante-mortem injuries were recorded by the Medical Officer on the body of the deceased at the time of conduting the post-mortem. The injuries alleged to have been caused by means of above-said weapons, as mentioned in the FIR, also finds place in the post-mortem report. Apart from this, injuries were also found on the person of Urmila. Specific role has been assigned to the applicant in the said crime. Further, contents of the FIR also show that there was previous enmity between the family of the applicant and the deceased due to which the applicant alongwith other co-accused caused injuries to the deceased and his wife. After considering all the facts and circumstances; on hearing learned counsel for the parties; on perusal of the contents of the FIR and the other documents available in file, I do not find any ground to release the applicant on bail. The bail application is accordingly rejected. (Dharam Veer, J.) 15.12.2009 RG