HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Criminal Writ Petition No.216 of 2024

Mahant Sukdev Muni ………Petitioner

Versus

State of Uttarakhand & others ………Respondents

Mr. Gopal K. Verma and Mr. Rajat Joshi, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr. S.C. Dumka, AGA with Ms. Sweta B. Dobhal, Brief Holder for the

State.

Mr. Piyush Garg, Advocate for respondent no.5-CBI.

Judgment reserved on 30.07.2025 Judgment delivered on 29.10.2025

Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral)

By means of this writ petition, the petitioner is

seeking the following reliefs:-

“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no.5 to initiate investigation of the matter relates to FIR No.255/2017, under Section 365 IPC, P.S. Kankhal, District Haridwar dated 17.09.2017 and conduct the fair investigation and

submit its progress report before this Hon’ble Court.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no.4 to hand over the entire records of the matter relates to FIR No.255/2017, under Section 365 IPC, P.S. Kankhal, District Haridwar dated 17.09.2017 to the respondent

no.5.”

2. The facts in brief are that on 16.09.2017 Mahant Shri Panchayati Akhara Bada Udasin R