IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 1st day of November, 2011 1st Bail Application No.931 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Smt. Devki Devi W/o Late Sri Verendra Singh R/o Village Sundarkhal, Tehsil Dhari, District Nainital ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of Case Crime No. 2 of 2011, Under Section 498-A, 304-B I.P.C. and ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, Patti Sunderkhal Tehsil Dhari, istrict –Nainital. D Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Chandramauli Shah, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Smt. Devki Devi, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 2 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A, 304-B I.P.C. and one punishable under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station- Sunderkhal, Tehsil Dhari, District Nainital, has sought her release on bail. Applicant is a woman. She is mother-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is ailing person of 70 years of age. There is no specific role assigned to her. It is contended that applicant used 2 to live separately from the family of the deceased, as she was living with her elder son Prayag Singh. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion, as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Smt. Devki Devi, be released on bail, on her executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 01.11.2011 JM