HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR (THROUGH VIRTUAL MODE Case:- CRMC No. 70/2018 Reserved on: 24.04.2026 Pronounced on: 06.05.2026 Uploaded on: 06.05.2026 Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced: Full Aijaz Hussain Sahaf S/O Late Mohammad Hussain Sahaf, R/O Karan Nagar, Srinagar (Kashmir)

…..Petitioner(s)

Through: Mr. I. Sofi, Advocate.

Vs

1. State of J&K through Senior Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch, Kashmir-Srinagar.

2. Station House Officer, Police Station, Crime Branch, Srinagar.

.…. Respondents Through: Mr. Mohsin S. Qadri, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Maha Majeed, Assisting Counsel CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHAHZAD AZEEM, JUDGE (JUDGMENT)

1. The petitioner has invoked the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Section 561-A of Code of Criminal Procedure, Svt. 1989 (Cr.PC), as was applicable to the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir seeking quashing of F.I.R No. 09 of 2015 registered at Police Station, Crime Branch, Kashmir under Sections 420, 467, 468 & 471 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).

2. Briefly stated, the allegation against the petitioner which led to the registration of the impugned FIR is that he alleged to have manipulated the f