IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Bail Application No.276 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Rajesh S/o Gangadhar ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.231 of 2009, U/s 302/120-B/34 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Ranipur, Distt. Haridwar Dated: March 9, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri K.S. Verma, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. In brief the prosecution case is that in the morning of 30.6.2009 complainant Ramesh Kumar was informed by Rakesh and Harphool that the dead body of his father Bhopal was lying at Tubewell. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the applicant is not named in the FIR and the case rests upon the circumstantial evidence and there is no evidence collected by the I.O. to connect the applicant with the aforesaid crime and even the chain of the circumstances is not complete. Lastly, co-accused Bobby Dhiman has been released on bail by this Court on 24.11.2009 and the applicant deserves bail on the ground of parity. After considering all the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant Rajesh be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Haridwar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 09.03.2010 Rajeev Dang