1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 21st day of July, 2011 First Bail Application No. 454 of 2011 Criminal Side Tara Devi W/o Late Madan Mohan Pande R/o Village Irdha, Patwari Circle Bilkhet, Tehsil and District Bageshwar …….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…..Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime/F.I.R. No. 01 of 2011 Under Sections: 498A, 304B, I.P.C, and one punishable u/s ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Police Station Chalani Patwari Circle Bilkhet District: Bageshwar Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. S.S. Adhikari, A.G.A, present for the State. Heard. 2 Applicant– Tara Devi, who is in jail in connection with Crime/F.I.R. No. 01 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under section 498A and 304B I.P.C, and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Patwari Circle Bilkhet, District Bageshwar, has sought her release on bail. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is a woman. It is pleaded that she is old and ailing. No specific role has been assigned to the applicant in the First Information Report. It is also pleaded that the applicant used to live separately from her son and daughter in law (deceased). In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this court is of the view, that applicant deserves bail. The Bail Application is allowed. Let the applicant- Tara 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, Bageshwar. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.21.07.2011 Nahid 3