IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 18th day of November 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1134 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Suchanand S/o Nank Chand .….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: November 18, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.199/2009 Under Section 304-B IPC P.S. Pathri, District Haridwar ______________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Mr. K.S. Verma, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder for the State. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that on 2.10.2009 an FIR was lodged by the complainant Charanjeet at 11:55 PM. On the basis of that report, a case u/s 304-B was registered against the present applicant and his two other family members. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant/accused is the father-in-law of the deceased and he is 68 years’ old and he is not at all benefited for the demand of dowry. He further submitted that no specific allegation is made against the applicant, and even in the post-mortem report the cause of death could not ascertain and viscera was preserved. After considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, 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-Suchanand 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. (Dharam Veer, J.) 18.11.2009 RG