IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 22nd day of November, 2011 1st Bail Application No.964 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Arun Bakshi S/o Late Jagdish Prasad Bakshi, R/o 348 New Vishnulok Colony, P.S. Ranipur District Haridwar Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of Case Crime No. 346 of 2011 Under Sections 354, 307, 04 I.P.C. Police Station-Ranipur, District Haridwar. 5 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Ms. Anjali Noliyal, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mrs. Mamta Bisht, A.G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Arun Bakshi, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 346 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 354, 307, 504 of I.P.C., Police Station- Ranipur, District Haridwar, has sought his release on bail. The applicant is father of the girl (victim). It is alleged against the applicant that in a drunken state, he molested his daughter and attempted to throttle her. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that there is no medical report to support the allegations made in the First Information Report. It is further pleaded that being a father, the applicant only wanted that his daughter should not bring bad name to the family by her activities. It is also pointed out that affidavits have already 2 been filed by the complainant (Jyoti Bakshi) and witness Gurucharan Kaur, (copies filed with the supplementary affidavit) in which, they have stated that the First Information Report was lodged due to some misunderstanding between the daughter and her father. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Arun Bakshi, be released on bail, on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar.(Urgency Application No. 4223 of 2011, stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 22.11.2011 JM