IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION 1st Bail Application No. 703 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Ashok Nath Goshami .….Applicant (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party Arising out of FIR No. 1/2010 (ST No. 84/2010), U/s 302 IPC, PS Kathgodam, District Nainital. August 27, 2010 HON’BLE DHARAM VEER, J. Heard Mr. MK Agarwal, Advocate for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. GA for the State. Learned Counsel for the accused applicant submitted that the case against the applicant rests upon the circumstantial evidence and there is no direct evidence against the applicant. He further submitted that the chain of circumstances is not complete against the accused applicant to connect him with the alleged crime. He also submitted that the applicant is in jail since 13.1.2010 and he has got no previous criminal history and the trial has not yet started. Having heard the submissions of learned Counsel for the parties; perusal of the contents of the FIR and other papers available on record; in view of the facts and circumstances of the case and without commenting upon the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant Ashok Nath Goshami be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing of two sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of CJM, Nainital. Bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 27.8.2010 PRABODH