IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 1st day of September, 2009 First Bail Application No. 795 of 2009 Criminal Side Sunder Pal Singh S/o Sri Balbir Singh R/o 63 T.H.D.C. Colony Dehra Khas, P.S. Patel Nagar District Dehradun. ……...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ……….Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime No. 285 of 2009 Under Sections: 408, 420 I.P.C. P.S.: Kotwali Dehradun. District: Dehradun. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard Shri Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the applicant, Shri S.S. Bhandari, Advocate for the complainant and Shri B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder for the State. Applicant-Sunder Pal Singh, who is in jail in connection with crime No. 285 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Sections 408, 420 I.P.C., P.S.: Kotwali Dehradun, District-Dehradun, has sought his release on bail. In the First Information Report, it is alleged that the applicant, who was an employee of the complainant (employer), said to have misappropriated the sum collected. Learned counsel for the applicant states that the amount collected has now already been paid to the employer. Learned counsel for the complainant (employer) admitted that now the payment has been made. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant- Sunder Pal Singh, be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. Dt. 01.09.2009 (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) S