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2014 DIGILAW 417 (UTT)

Dharam Singh v. State of Uttarakhand

2014-09-24

SUDHANSHU DHULIA

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Judgment Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Counter affidavit filed today is taken on record. Heard Mr. Anil Dabral, Advocate for the applicants and Mr. S.S. Adhikari, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the State of Uttarakhand. The applicants who are husband and wife respectively and father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased are in jail having been implicated in Case Crime No.1 of 2014, which has been registered under Sections 498A/304B/201/506 of I.P.C. at Police Station/Patti Bangarhsyun, Barasyun (Srinagar), District – Pauri Garhwal. The First Information Report was lodged in Patwari Circle by the mother of the deceased that her daughter who was married on 18.04.2012 with Sri Manoj Singh Rawat is missing and she suspects that she has died. The body of the deceased was recovered on 3rd July, 2014. This incident happened in a village in Pauri Garhwal which is situated on the bank of river Alaknanda. The body was recovered on 3rd July, 2014 at Pashulok Barrage. Postmortem was conducted on 4th July, 2014. The postmortem report suggests that there is no antemortem injury and the death is on account of Asphexia due to drowning. The learned counsel for the applicants says that the applicants are in jail since 10th July, 2014. Considering the overall evidence which is presently available before this Court, the applicants have been able to make out a case for bail. The bail application is accordingly allowed. Let the applicants (Dharam Singh and Smt. Mangla Devi) be enlarged on bail in the aforesaid crime on their executing a personal bond each and two reliable sureties each of the equal amount to the satisfaction of the Magistrate concerned. It is made clear that any observation made by this Court is only for the purpose of grant of bail. It shall not be taken into consideration at all in any other proceedings.