IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 3rd day of December 2009 Ist Bail Application No.1069 of 2009 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Gopal Singh S/o Late Bachan Singh ..….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …….Opposite party Dated: December 3, 2009 ____________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime/F.I.R. No.79 of 2009 Under Section 8/20 of N.D.P.S. Act P.S. Kotwali, Uttarkashi, District Uttarkashi ________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Sanjay Raturi, 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 as per the prosecution story on 11.9.2009, 750 Grams of Charas was recovered from the possession of the applicant. He further submitted that the commercial quantity of Charas is 1 Kgm and quantity of Charas alleged to have been recovered from the applicant is below the commercial quantity. It is further submitted that the applicant has no criminal history; he is in jail since 11.9.2009 and the trial of the case has yet not started. After considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, 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-Gopal Singh be released on bail on his executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Special Judge, Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, Uttarkashi. The bail application is disposed of accordingly. (Dharam Veer, J.) 03.12.2009 RG