IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Ist Bail Application No.172 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Shyam Singh S/o Tota Ram R/o Village Faizpur, P.S. Noorpur, District Bijnore (U.P.) ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: April 27, 2010 Arising out of Case Crime No.181 of 2009 U/s 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC, P.S. Raipur, District Dehradun Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. Parikshit Saini, Advocate for the applicant as well as Mr. Amit Bhatt, Additional Government Advocate for the State and also perused the record. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant in the Court today be taken on record. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is bonafide purchaser of the land in dispute and whatever fraud has been committed, that was committed by the co-accused Jagram, who personated himself as Anurag @ Sandeep and executed the sale deed in favour of applicant. It is argued that the applicant purchased the land from co-accused Jagram after paying the cost of land and later on sold it to Shivalika Srivastava and Ranjana Sriavastava. It is further argued that the applicant has not committed any forgery or cheating, rather the applicant has been cheated by co-accused Jagram. After considering all the facts and circumstances, perusing the contents of the FIR and other papers available on record, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Shyam Singh be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. Bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 27.04.2010 RG