IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.911 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Mangal Singh Thapa S/o Jamna Prasad Thapa ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 3, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.132 of 2008 Under Sections 302 and 201 IPC P.S. Basant Vihar, District Dehradun ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Smt. Pushpa Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the present applicant is not named in the F.I.R. It is further submitted that the entire case rests on circumstantial evidence and the evidence collected by the I.O., during investigation, does not complete the chain of circumstances so as to connect him with the aforesaid crime. It is further submitted that the co-accused Chetan has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 24.2.2009 and the present applicant is also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. 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- Mangal Singh Thapa be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Dehradun. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 03.12.2009 RG