HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION First Bail Application No.48 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Praveen Kuriyal ...Applicant(In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ….Opposite party Arising out of F.I.R. No.63 of 2010 Under Sections 498-A, 302, 201, 364, 504, 506 r/w Section 34 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Uttarkashi. Dated: January 25, 2011 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Mr. Sandeep Tandon with Mr. Arun Kumar Saklani, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Nandan Arya, learned AGA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that applicant is an innocent person. He submitted that applicant has no previous record or history and he is not a previous convict in any criminal activity. He also submitted that the applicant has been implicated in the case only on the basis of statements of co-accused Uma Shankar Semwal and Sachin Joshi. He submitted that F.I.R. is lodged after three days delay and the applicant is not named in the F.I.R. He further submitted that applicant is in jail since 10.12.2010. 2 Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances and perusing the material available on record and also without expressing any opinion on merit of the case, in my opinion the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant-Praveen Kuriyal be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M. concerned. (V.K. Bist, J.) Vacation Judge 25.01.2011 Arti 3