WPCRL/468/2022
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       IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
                         AT NAINITAL
      THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA


                     16TH MARCH, 2022


      CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.468 of 2022


Between:

Vineet Chachara and Another.                  ...Petitioners.

and

State of Uttarakhand and Others.            ...Respondents.


Counsel for the Petitioners:     Mr.   Ajay   Veer      Pundir,
                                 learned counsel.


Counsel for the State/     :     Mr. S.S. Adhikari, learned
Respondent nos. 1 & 2.           Deputy Advocate General
                                 assisted by Mr. Balvinder
                                 Singh, learned Brief Holder
                                 for the State.




Hon'ble Alok Kumar Verma, J.

This Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of certiorari to quash the impugned First Information Report No.0058 of 2022, registered with Police Station Kotwali Dehradun, District Dehradun for the offence under Sections 120B, 406, 420, 504 and 506 of IPC.

2. Heard Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, the learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. S.S. Adhikari, the

learned Deputy Advocate General assisted by Mr. Balvinder Singh, the learned Brief Holder for the State.

3. During the arguments, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that this writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Dehradun, District Dehradun, the respondent no.2 and the Investigating Officer of this matter to follow the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, passed in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Another, before proceed to arrest the petitioners.

4. The learned counsel for the respondents has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners.

5. In view of the above, this Criminal Writ Petition No.468 of 2022 is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Dehradun, District Dehradun, the respondent no.2 and the Investigating Officer of this matter to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Another.

__________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

Dt: 16th March, 2022 Neha