Reserved on: 10.11.2025 Delivered on:28.11.2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 935 OF 2025 Ranbir Singh Saehney ......Petitioner Vs.

State of Uttarakhand and others …..Respondents Presence Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal, Mr. Hari Mohan Bhatia, learned counsel for the Petitioner.

Mr. Amit Bhatt, learned Government Advocate assisted by Mr. S. S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Rawal, learned AGA and Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State.

Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the Respondent No.2.

Mr. Piyush Garg, learned counsel for the CBI.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

1. The Petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to transfer the investigation in FIR No. 119 of 2024, Police Station Rajpur, District Dehradun, to the Central Bureau of Investigation or to any other specialised agency. The grievance of the Petitioner is that the State Investigating Agency has failed to conduct a fair, impartial, and timely investigation and that there is no likelihood of justice being secured unless the matter is transferred to an independent body having no local