IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 23rd day of September, 2009 Bail Application No. 957 of 2009 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE 1. Smt. Rashida W/o Rashid 2. Rashid S/o Mahboob Ali Both R/o Line No. 17, Near Red School, Azad Nagar, Haldwani, District Nainital. ………… Applicants Versus tate of Uttarakhand ………… Opposite Party S Arising out of Crime No. 224 of 2009 Under Sections: 498-A, 304-B of I.P.C. & 3 / 4 of the D.P. Act. Police Station: Haldwani District: Nainital. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. R.S. Sammal, Advocate present for the applicants. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder present for the respondent State. Applicants Smt. Rashida and Rashid, who are in jail in connection with F.I.R. No. 224 of 2009, relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A, 304-B of the I.P.C. and one punishable under Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Haldwani, District Nainital, have sought their release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the applicants pointed out that applicant No. 1 Smt. Rashida is sister-in-law (NANAD) of the deceased, and 2 applicant No. 2 Rashid is brother-in-law (NANDOI) of the deceased. It is contended that the applicants lived separately from the deceased and her husband. The postmortem report discloses that cause of death could not be ascertained. Without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicants deserve bail. Let the applicants Smt. Rashida and Rashid 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital. [ (Prafulla.C. Pant, J.) Dt. 23.09.2009 H.Negi 3