IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 22nd day of September, 2009 Bail Application No. 949 of 2009 Criminal Side Smt. Puspa Devi W/o Narayan Singh R/o Village & Patwari Area Raigaon, Thana Lohaghat, Champawat …….Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand .…..Opposite Party. Arising out of Case Crime No. 02 of 2009, Under Section: 304-B I.P.C., Patwari Area Raigaon, Thana Lohaghat, District: Champawat. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard Mr. B.S. Adhikari, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. M.A. Khan, learned Brief Holder for the State. Applicant- Smt. Puspa Devi, who is in jail in connection with Case Crime No. 02 of 2009, relating to offence punishable under Section 304-B I.P.C., Patwari Area Raigaon, Thana Lohaghat, District Champawat, has sought her release on bail. Applicant is a woman. There is no mention of demand of dowry in the First Information Report. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that from the First Information Report itself it appears to be a case of offence punishable under Section 306 I.P.C. and not of the one punishable under Section 304-B I.P.C.. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. Let the applicant- Smt. Puspa Devi be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.22.09.2009 NS