IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 30th day of December, 2011 1st Bail Application No.1265 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Smt. Laxmi Devi, aged major, W/o Sri Mahesh Suteri, R/o Village Thanta, Patti Kshetra Mangoli, Tehsil Lohaghat, District Champawat. ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of Case Crime No. 01 of 2011, Under Section- 363, 366A, 20B, 109, 506 I.P.C., Patti Kshetra Mangoli, District-Champawat. 1 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Devesh Upreti, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. S.S. Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Laxmi Devi, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 01 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 363, 366A, 120B, 109, 506 I.P.C., Patti. Kshetra Mangoli, District Champawat, has sought her release on bail. Applicant is a woman. It is pleaded that from the First Information Report itself it is clear that the applicant is named 2 on suspicion, as the two main accused (Om Kumar and Sewa Ram), allegedly after giving reference of the applicant stayed in the house of the complainant and on the next day morning slipped with her daughter. In the above circumstances, particularly considering the fact that applicant is a woman, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Laxmi Devi, 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, Champawat. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 30.12.2011 JM