IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 11th day of November, 2011 First Bail Application No. 995 of 2011 Criminal Side Athar Ilahi, S/o Raham Ilahi, R/o Cloth Merchant Katchhery Bazar, Almora. ……...Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite Party Arising out of FIR No. 84 of 2011 Under Sections: 420, 467, 468 I.P.C. P.S.: Almora. ______________________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Shri Siddharth Sah, Advocate, present for the applicant. Shri S.S. Adhikari, AGA, present for the State of Uttarakhand. Smt. Pushpa Joshi, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mohd. Umar, Advocate, present for the complainant. Heard. Applicant Athar Ilahi, who is in jail in connection with FIR No. 84 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Sections 420, 467 and 468 IPC, Police Station Almora, has sought his release on bail. It is a case of alleged loss of cheque and abuse of it by the present applicant. It is pleaded on behalf of the applicant that in order to avoid payment of price of cloth purchased by the complainant, the first information report is lodged. Having gone through the contents of first information report and other papers on record, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. 2 The bail application is allowed. Let applicant Athar Ilahi 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, Almora. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 11.11.2011 Rathour