IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: The 14th Day of December, 2010 1st Bail Application No. 1067 of 2010 Order on the Bail application of accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Smt. Devki Devi & Others .….Applicants (In jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …… Opposite Party ___________________________________________________________________ Arising out of Case Crime No. 9/2010 U/s 498A, 304B IPC, PS Lamgara, District Almora. ___________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri Ajay Singh Bisht, Advocate, present for the applicants. Shri Amit Bhatt, Addl. GA, present for the State. Applicants Smt. Devki Devi, Km. Shanti Devi and Smt. Bhawana Devi, who are in jail in connection with Crime No. 9 of 2010 relating to offences punishable under Section 498A & 304B IPC, Police Station Lamgara, District Almora, have sought their release on bail. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. All the three applicants are women. It is submitted on behalf of the applicants that Smt. Indira Devi (deceased) had died an accidental death after she fell in a gorge. Having considered submissions of learned Counsel for the parties, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, since the applicants are women; this Court is of the view that applicants deserve bail. Let the applicants Smt. Devki Devi, Km. Shanti Devi and Smt. Bhawana Devi be released on bail on executing a personal bond by each one of them and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, for each one of them, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Almora. Bail application stands allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 14.12.2010 PRABODH