IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 8th day of August 2003 Bail Application No. 396 of 2003 Order on the bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Riyasat S/o Hameed R/o village Jorassi, P.S. Kotwali Roorkee District Haridwar .. Applicant Versus State of Uttaranchal …Opposite party. Arising out of case crime No. 318 of 2002 U/s 364-A IPC. Police Station –Kotwali Roorkee District –Haridwar. By the Court Hon’ble Irshad Hussain J. Heard Sri Rajendra Singh , learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. Two persons were kidnapped by some miscreants who were not named in the F.I.R. The victims returned home unharmed. Their statement were initially recorded on 20-10-2002. They did not name any of the culprits. Strangely enough their statements were recorded again on 1.11.2002 wherein they named applicant-accused as one of the culprits. There is no reasons as to why the victims could not tell any name at the first instance. Considering this the bail application is allowed. The applicant-accused Riyasat shall be released in crime No. 318/2002 U/S 364-A I.P.C. P.S. Kotwali Roorkee District Haridwar, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of A.C.J.M. Roorkee. (Irshad Hussain J.) Dt. 8-8-2003 ISB