IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 12th day of September, 2011 1st Bail Application No.471 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application: CRIMINAL SIDE Mahendra Joshi, S/o Shri Vishnu Joshi, R/o Village Chackgoan, P.O. Barkot, P.S. Barkot Uttarkashi, Present Address Bapu Gram Virbhadra Rishikesh, District Dehradun. ………Applicant Versus tate of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party S Arising out of Case Crime No. 20/147 of 2011 Under Sections- 379, 411, 420 of I.P.C. Police Station-Rishikesh, District ehradun. D Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. R.P.Nautiyal, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. Nandan Arya, A.G.A., present for the State. Heard. Applicant Mahendra Joshi, who is in jail in connection with Crime. No. 20/147 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 379, 411, 420 of I.P.C., Police Station-Rishikesh, District Dehradun has sought his release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is in jail for last more than four months. It is further submitted that it is hard to believe that a vehicle stolen from 2 Rishikesh would be kept roaming in that place, so that the recovery may be made at the same place. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Mahendra Joshi, be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 12.09.2011 JM