IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal IIBail Application No. 84 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Vinod Singh S/o Kalyan Singh R/o Gram Lalpur, Patti Sukhro, Tehsil & Thana Kotdwar, Distt. Pauri Garhwal ……Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand -----Opposite party Arising out of Case Crime No. 645 of 2010 U/s 376/511/323/504/506/395 IPC, PS Kotdwar, District Pauri Garhwal Dated: July 9, 2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. This is the second bail application. The first one was dismissed as not pressed on 7.5.2010 and that was not decided on merits. Heard Mr. Kurban Ali, Adv. for the applicant and Mr. Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the applicant is not named in the FIR and the case rests upon the circumstantial evidence and the chain of the circumstances is not complete to connect the applicant with the said crime. Further, even in the statement recorded u/s 161 Cr.P.C., victim Km. Astha has not made any allegation against the present applicant. Further, co-accused Pradeep Chandra Gaur has been granted bail by this Court on 7.7.2010 and the present applicant also deserves bail on the basis of parity. Lastly, the applicant is in jail since 8.4.2010 and has got no previous criminal history. 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 be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Pauri Garhwal. The bail application is allowed accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 09.07.2010 Rajeev Dang