WPCRL/298/2022
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Judgement Date : 21 March, 2022

Uttarakhand High Court

WPCRL/298/2022 on 21 March, 2022

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


                     21ST MARCH, 2022


      CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.298 of 2022


Between:

Rajkumar @ Manju                             ...Petitioner.

and

State of Uttarakhand and Others.         ...Respondents.


Counsel for the Petitioner :   Mr. Narendra Bali.


Counsel for the State/     :   Mr. T.C. Agarwal, learned
Respondent nos. 1 & 2.         Deputy Advocate General
                               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.0083 of 2022, registered with Police Station Kotwali Haridwar, District Haridwar for the offence under Sections 153 A (1) and 504 of I.P.C.

2. Heard Mr. Narendra Bali, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. T.C. Agarwal, the learned Deputy Advocate General for the State.

3. During the arguments, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that this writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the concerned Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali

Haridwar, District Haridwar, the respondent no.2, and the Investigating Officer to follow the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, passed in 'Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Another', (2014) 8 SCC 273, before proceed to arrest the petitioner.

4. The learned counsel for the State has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner.

5. In view of the above, this Criminal Writ Petition No.298 of 2022 is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Haridwar, District Haridwar, the respondent no.2 and the Investigating Officer to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in 'Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Another', (2014) 8 SCC 273.

__________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

Dt: 21.03.2022 JKJ/Pant