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Date of Reserve: 15th December 2010
Date of Order: December 22, 2010 Bail Appln. No.1290/2010
22.12.2010 Gaurav Kumar Singh ...Petitioner
Mr. S.Q. Kazim for petitioner.
Mr. O.P. Saxena, APP for State.
Mr. Pawan Chaudhary for complainant JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA
JUDGMENT
1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2. To be referred to the reporter or not?
3. Whether judgment should be reported in Digest? ORDER
1. This bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C has been preferred by the petitioner for grant of bail in case FIR No.21 of 2010 police station Karawal Nagar, under Section 498A/406/420/34 IPC and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
2. The petitioner/ accused is in Judicial custody for about last nine months. The trial of the case is likely to take long time. The offences alleged against the petitioner are not so serious that the petitioner/ accused was not entitled to bail, nor he can be presumed guilty and be confined to judicial custody all along. Since the petitioner/ accused has been in judicial custody for sufficient long time, I consider it would be appropriate that the accused/ petitioner should be granted bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed and it is directed that the petitioner/ accused be released on bail on his furnishing 2010:DHC:6201 Bail Appln. 1290/2010 personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of trial court concerned.
3. The application stands disposed of. December 22, 2010 SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J rd