IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Criminal Bail Application No.1013 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Anil @ Vikas ……….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ------- Opposite party ________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No.227/09 U/Ss 120-B/212/34/302/307 IPC, P.S. Ranipur, Distt. Haridwar Dated: December 17, 2009 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. Sachin Pawar, Advocate for the applicant and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned Addl. GA for the State as well as Sri M.S. Tyagi, Adv. for the complainant. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he is not named in the FIR and even he is not cited as a conspirator in the FIR. He further submitted that there is no evidence collected by the prosecution against him so as to connect him with the aforesaid crime. Contrary to this, learned Addl. GA as well as learned counsel for the complainant, have submitted that the co-accused Narendra, who was arrested on the spot, on his pointing out, from the house of the applicant-accused, Tamancha and cartridges were recovered and the said weapon was used in the aforesaid crime. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the above-said weapon was not recovered from the house of the applicant and even there is no evidence that the said weapon was used in the aforesaid crime. Further, the applicant is in jail since 3.8.2009 and the trial has yet not been started. Lastly, the co-accused Ravi has been released on bail by this Court on 16.12.2009 and the applicant also deserves bail on the ground of parity. After considering all the facts and circumstances, on hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the contents of the FIR and other material on record, 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-Anil @ Vikas be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and also on furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Haridwar. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 17.12.2009 Rajeev Dang