IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL/UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated : Nainital the 8th December, 2008 First Bail Application No. 1037 of 2008 Criminal Side Puran Singh S/o Sri Sher Singh R/o village Khola Pagna Tehsil & District Bageshwar ……..Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ……..Opposite Party Arising out of Crime No. 03 of 2008 Under Sections: 302, 201 I.P.C. & 3(2) (5) SC/ST Act Registered with Naib Tehsildar Kshetra Kafligair District: Bagesghwar. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard Smt. Pushpa Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. Applicant- Puran Singh, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 03 of 2008, relating to offences punishable under Sections 302, 201 I.P.C. and under Section 3 (2) (5) Schedule Caste Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, registered with Naib Tehsildar- Kafligair, District- Bageshwar, has sought his release on bail. It is a case of circumstantial evidence in which cause of death could not be ascertained, as is apparent from the post mortem examination report. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant-Puran Singh be released on bail on executing personal bond and on furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate concerned. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 08.12.2008 Sweta