IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1183 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Dharmanand Balodi ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 3, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.01/2009 Under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act Patwari Circle Silkakhal (Kirti Nagar), District Tehri Garhwal ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Lokendra Dobhal, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. G.A. for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the present applicant is the father-in-law of the deceased Smt. Rekha. He further submitted that no specific allegation has been made against the applicant in the F.I.R. and even the allegations which are made in the F.I.R. are general in nature. He further submitted that the applicant was residing separately with his wife from the deceased and her husband and he is not at all beneficiary of the demand of dowry. It is further submitted on behalf of the applicant that the applicant is 60 years old and is ailing with serious diseases. It is further submitted that that applicant has no criminal history; he is in jail since 4.9.2009 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, the Court is of the view that the present applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let the applicant-Dharmanand Balodi be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Tehri Garhwal. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 03.12.2009 RG