IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.261 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE 1. Sarvjeet Singh 2. Sandeep Singh ..….Applicants (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: 8th March, 2010 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of F.I.R. No.188 of 2009 Under Sections 201, 176 of IPC and u/s 3(2)(5) of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 P.S. Sitarganj, District Udham Singh Nagar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri D.K. Sharma, Advocate for the applicants as well as Sri Nandan Arya, AGA for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicants argued that initially, the crime was registered in respect of offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 364,302, 201 of IPC, and one punishable under Section 3(2)(5) of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. However, after investigation charge sheet is filed against the present applicants only in respect of offence punishable under Sections 201, 176 of IPC, and one punishable under Section 3(2)(5) of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Learned counsel for the applicants further argued that the offences punishable under Sections 201 and 176 of IPC are bailable. It is pleaded that the applicants have no criminal history. The applicants are in jail for last more than three months. It is submitted that the co-accused Sukhman @ Sukhwant Singh has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 5.3.2010 and the present applicants are also entitled for bail on the basis of parity. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the papers on record, this Court is of the view that the applicants deserve bail at this stage. Let the applicants-Sarvjeet Singh and Sandeep Singh be released on bail on executing a personal bond by each one of them and on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 08.03.2010 RG