IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND

AT NAINITAL

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA

8^TH APRIL, 2022

CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.350 of 2022

Between:

Shekhar

…Petitioner.

and

State of Uttarakhand and Others.

...Respondents.

Counsel for the Petitioner :

Mr. Mani Kumar, learned

counsel holding brief of Mr.

Ankurit Raj David, learned

counsel.

Counsel for the State/

:

Respondent nos. 1 & 2.

Mr.

Pratiroop

Pandey,

learned AGA for the State.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma, J.

This Criminal Writ Petition has been filed under

Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of

certiorari to quash the impugned First Information Report

No.87 of 2022, registered with Police Station Kichha,

District Udham Singh Nagar, for the offence under

Sections 379, 411, 420, 468, 120B of IPC and Sections 8

and 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

2.

Heard Mr. Mani Kumar, learned counsel holding

brief of Mr. Ankurit Raj David, learned counsel for the

petitioner and Mr. Pratiroop Pandey, learned AGA for the

State.

3.

During the arguments, the learned counsel

appearing for the petitioner submitted that this writ

2

petition may be disposed of with a direction to the

concerned Station House Officer, Police Station Kichha,

District Udham Singh Nagar, the respondent no.2, and

the Investigating Officer to follow the judgment of the

Hon’ble Supreme Court, passed in ‘Arnesh Kumar vs.

State of Bihar and Another’, (2014) 8 SCC 273,

before proceed to arrest the petitioner.

4.

The learned counsel for the State has no

objection on the above submission of the learned counsel

for the petitioner.

5.

In view of the above, this Criminal Writ Petition

No.350 of 2022 is disposed of with a direction to the

Station House Officer, Police Station Kichha, District

Udham Singh Nagar, the respondent no.2 and the

Investigating Officer to follow the guidelines formulated

by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Arnesh Kumar vs.

State of Bihar and Another’, (2014) 8 SCC 273.

__________________

ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

Dt: 8^th April, 2022

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