IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 17th day of August, 2009 Bail Application No. 571 of 2009 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Het Singh Bhandari S/o Sri Dan Singh R/o Gram Machhiyar Post Machhiyar District Champawat. ………… Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party S Arising out of Crime No. 180 of 2008 Under Sections: 420, 467, 468, 471 of I.P.C. Police Station: Kotwali Champawat District: Champawat. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Sandeep Tiwari, Advocate present for the applicant. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder present for the respondent State. Applicant Het Singh Bhandari, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 180 of 2008, relating to offences punishable under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 of I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali Champawat, District Champawat, has sought his release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the papers on record. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant was merely custodian of the family register of Village Amkadia. The accused who was Village Pradhan and made entries in the register and issued death certificates, which are said to be false, has already been granted bail on 12.08.2009. It is further pointed out that the applicant is not named in the first information report. Co-accused Chandra Ballabh Paneru, with similar role, has also been granted bail vide order dated 12.08.2009. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, in the above circumstances, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant Het Singh Bhandari be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat. [ (Prafulla.C. Pant, J.) Dt. 17.08.2009 H.Negi