IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.476 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Tarun Chaturvedi S/o Girish Chandra Chaturvedi R/o Village Fauji Matkota, P.S. Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: May 10, 2010 Arising out of Crime No.433 of 2009 Under Sections 302 and 120-B IPC P.S. Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. A.S. Gill, Advocate for the applicant as well as Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. Government Advocate for the State and also perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant/accused argued that the present applicant is not named in the FIR. He further argued that the case rests on circumstantial evidence and the chain of circumstances is not complete so as to connect the applicant with the alleged crime. He further argued that the co-accused Km. Puja Giri has been granted bail by the order of learned Sessions Judge, Udham Singh Nagar dated 30.9.2009 and the present applicant is also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. It is pleaded that the applicant has got no previous criminal history. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties; perusal of the contents of FIR and other papers available on record, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant Tarun Chaturvedi 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, Udham Singh Nagar. Bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 10.05.2010 RG