IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 8th day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1195 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Guruwant Singh S/o Sada Singh ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 8, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.453/2009 Under Sections 489-B, 489-C of IPC P.S. Kotwali Manglaur, District Haridwar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Manish Arora, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that as per the averments made in the F.I.R. and in the recovery memo 10 counterfeit notes each of Rs.500, in total Rs.5,000/-, were shown to be recovered from the possession of the present applicant. It is submitted on behalf of the applicant that in the recovery memo as well as in the F.I.R. no averment was made that the applicant was using the counterfeit currency as genuine currency. It is further submitted that only the recovery was shown from the possession of the applicant and that offence falls under Section 489-C IPC which is a bailable offence. It is further submitted that the applicant has no previous criminal history; he is in jail since 13.10.2009 and the trial of the case has not started. After considering all the facts and circumstances; hearing learned counsel for the parties; on perusal of the contents of the F.I.R.; and other papers available in file, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Guruwant Singh be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, Roorkee. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 08.12.2009 RG