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2025 Supreme(Online)(UK) 2571
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
SACHIN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND – Respondent
WPCRL 1578 / 2021
SL. No
Date
Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures
COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS
W PCRL 1 5 7 8 / 2 0 2 1 H on’ble M a noj Kum a r Tiw a r i, J. None appears for t he pet it ioner. Mr. Devendra Singh, AGA, w it h Mr. J.P. Kandpal, Brief Holder for t he St at e. ( 2) Pet it ioner has sought quashing of FI R No. 0769 of 2021, lodged against him for t he offences punishable under Sect ion 457, 380 I PC at PS Manglore, Dist rict Haridwar. ( 3) Learned St at e Counsel subm it s t hat upon invest igat ion, chargesheet has been filed against pet it ioner. He t hus subm it s t hat writ pet it ion has becom e infruct uous. The said subm ission advanced ( 4) by learned St at e Counsel is bereft of m erit . Validit y of FI R can be exam ined even aft er filing of chargesheet . I have perused t he im pugned FI R, w hich is on record as Annexure- 1 t o t he writ pet it ion. Specific and serious allegat ions have been m ade against t he pet it ioner. Whet her t he allegat ions m ade in t he FI R are correct or not cannot be exam ined by t his Court in a writ pet it ion under Art icle 226 of t he Const it ut ion. The Scope of powers under Art icle 226 has been considered and discussed by Hon’ble Suprem e Court in t he case of M/ s Neeharika I nfrast ruct ure Pvt . Lt d. v. St at e of Maharasht ra & ot hers, report ed
3 in AI R 2021 SC 1918. None of t he t est s laid down in t he said j udgm ent are m et in t he present case. Thus t here is no scope for int erference. Writ pet it ion t hus fails and is ( 5) dism issed. ( M a n oj Ku m a r Tiw a r i, J.) .1 .2 0 2 5 Pr
