Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings S N L o . . D e a t an o d r d R i e re g c is t t io ra n r s ’ s COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS order with Signatures WPCRL No. 1740 of 2025 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

Ms. Prabha Naithani, learned counsel for the Petitioners.

2. Mr. N.S. Kaniyal, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand.

3. The present Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed with the following prayers:-

“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned FIR dated 16.12.2025 registered as Case Crime No. 345 of 2025 under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Kaliyar Sharif District Haridwar.

(ii) Issue a writ or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents not to arrest the Petitioners in Case Crime No. 345 of 2025 under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act Police Station Kaliyar Sharif, District Haridwar, till the pendency of present Petition. ”

4. The Petitioners have also filed a Stay Application, being I.A. No. 01 of 2025, seeking a stay on their arrest in pursuance of the Case Crime No. 345 of 2025, for the offences punishable under Sections 3 and 7 of the Ess