IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 10th day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1075 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Praveen Kumar S/o Bhagwan Singh ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 10, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.277/2009 Under Section 302 of IPC P.S. Kotwali Haridwar, District Haridwar ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State and also perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the present applicant is not named in the F.I.R. He further submitted that the case relates to circumstantial evidence and the chain of circumstances is not complete against the applicant so as to connect him with the aforesaid crime. It is further submitted that the applicant has no previous criminal history; he is in jail since 18.6.2009 and the trial of the case has yet not started. After considering all the facts and circumstances; hearing learned counsel for the parties; on perusal of the contents of the F.I.R. and other papers available in file, without expressing any opinion about the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Praveen Kumar be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Haridwar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 10.12.2009 RG