IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 18th day of August, 2009 Bail Application No. 789 of 2009 Criminal Side 1. Murari, S/o Bal Kishan 2. Smt. Santosh, W/o Murari Both R/o Kaanon Goyaan, Thaana Kashipur District Udham Singh Nagar …….Applicants. Versus State of Uttarakhand .…..Opposite Party. Arising out of Crime / F.I.R. No. 342 of 2009, Under Section: 304-B I.P.C. & 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S.: Kashipur, District: Udham Singh Nagar. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard Smt. Pushpa Joshi, learned counsel for the applicants, and Mr. B.S. Parihar, learned Brief Holder for the State. Applicants – Murari and Smt. Santosh, who are in jail in connection with Crime / F.I.R. No. 342 of 2009, relating to offence punishable under Section 304-B I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, have sought their release on bail. Applicants are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants live separately from their son and the deceased. It is further pointed out that the deceased had died in the Hospital after four days of getting her admitted. It is further contended that though Marpeet has been alleged by the complainant, but postmortem report shows that there were no ante mortem injuries on the body of the deceased. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of this case, this Court is of the view that the applicants deserve bail. -2- Let the applicants Murari and Smt. Santosh be released on bail on executing a personal bond by each one of them and furnishing two sureties for each one of them, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.18.08.2009 NS