1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 12th day of October, 2011 First Bail Application No. 881 of 2011 Criminal Side Kishan Gopal Gupta S/o Keshri Lal Gupta R/o 93, Satyam Vihar Colony Bhopatwala Hardwar District Hardwar …….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…..Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime. No. 279 of 2011 Under Sections: 420 of I.P.C. Police Station: Kotwali Hardwar District: Hardwar Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. B.S.Parihar, Brief Holder, present for the State. Heard. Applicant– Kishan Gopal Gupta, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 279 of 2011, relating to 2 offence punishable under section 420 of I.P.C., police station Kotwali Hardwar, District Hardwar, has sought his release on bail. Applicant is said to have received ` 21.93 lakh by promising the complainant to sell a house in Hardwar. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that from the First Information Report itself it is clear that ` 15 lakh has already been paid back by the applicant to the complainant, after the deal could not materialized. It is pleaded that it is a dispute of civil in nature. It is also submitted that applicant has no criminal history. In the above circumstances, 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- Kishan Gopal Gupta, be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hardwar. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.12.10.2011 Nahid 3