IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 26th day of July, 2011 First Bail Application No. 566 of 2011 Criminal Side 1. Man Singh, S/o Bhagirath R/o Matiha, Thana Sitarganj District Udham Singh Nagar 2. Vijay Kumar, S/o Govind Singh R/o Devkali, Thana Sitarganj District Udham Singh Nagar 3. Narendra Singh,S/o Govind Singh R/o Siddanwadiya Thana Sitarganj District Udham Singh Nagar ……...Applicants ( in Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand …..….Opposite Party Arising out of FIR No. 107 of 2011 Under Section: 3/7 Essential Commodities Act, Thana Sitarganj District Udham Singh Nagar -___________________________________________________________________ Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Shri Siddhartha Sah, Shri J.S. Virk and Shri Rakesh Kumar Joshi, Advocates, present for the applicants. Shri S.S. Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Applicants- Man Singh, Vijay Kumar and Narendra Singh who are in jail in connection with FIR no. 107 of 2011, relating to offence punishable under section 3/7 Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Sitarganj, District Udham -2- Singh Nagar, have sought their release on bail. Heard learned counsel for the parties. It is alleged in the First Information Report that food grain which was lifted for distribution through the fair price shops was found being taken elsewhere. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are in jail for about one month. It is further submitted that entry of food grain was entered in the stock register, and it was being taken to the fair price shops and not elsewhere. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the applicants, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicants deserve bail. Accordingly, bail application is allowed. Let the applicants Man Singh, Vijay Kumar and Narendra Singh , be released on bail on executing personal bond by each one of them, and furnishing two sureties, for each one of them, each of like amount to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Parul 26.07.2011