IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 13th day of February 2008 Criminal Misc. Bail application no.130 of 2008 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Pahal Singh S/o Dile Ram, R/o Village Dabki Kala, Police Station Laksar, District Hardwar. ….Applicant/appellant Versus State of Uttarakhand …Opposite Party Arising out of case crime no. 241 of 2007 U/Ss 406,504,506,420 I.P.C. P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri K.S. Verma, learned counsel for the applicant/ accused and Sri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. The prosecution case, in brief, is that one Sahadat Ansari has taken a sum of Rs. 1,90,000/- from the complainant Sumer Chand for selling the land of Pahal Singh. Later on it was revealed that Pahal Singh is not the owner of the said property and, in fact, Smt. Kalawati W/o Bhikken Singh is the owner of the said property. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that out of the advance money received by the accused i.e. Rs. 1,90,000/-, a sum of Rs. 90,000/- has been returned back to the complainant Sumer Singh. It is further submitted that the dispute is purely civil in nature and from the averments made in the First Information Report no offence is made out against the present applicant. The accused is in jail since last two months and no criminal history is against him. After considering all the facts and circumstances, and without expressing any opinion about the final merit of the case, the court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant/accused Pahal Singh 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.) February 13, 2008: NCM: