Uttarakhand High Court
WPCRL/1899/2021 on 23 December, 2024
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WPCRL No. 1899 of 2021
H on'ble M a noj Ku m a r Tiw a r i, A.C.J.
1.
None present for t he pet it ioner.
2. Mr. K.S. Bora, learned Deput y
Advocat e General for t he St at e of
Ut t arakhand.
3. Pet it ioner has sought quashing of
F.I .R. No. 695 of 2021, regist ered
against him for offence punishable under
Sect ion 379 I .P.C. in Police St at ion
Kot wali Laksar, Dist rict Haridwar.
4. Learned St at e Counsel, on
inst ruct ions, subm it s t hat t he
I nvest igat ing Officer has filed charge-
sheet against t he pet it ioner before t he
court concerned on 06.05.2022. Thus, he
subm it s t hat t he writ pet it ion has
becom e infruct uous.
5. The said cont ent ion, however,
cannot be accept ed. The im pugned F.I .R.
is on record as Annexure No.1 t o t he writ
pet it ion. Perusal of t he F.I .R. reveals
t hat ingredient s of offences levelled
against t he pet it ioner are m ade out .
6. Hon’ble Suprem e Court in t he case
of M/ s Neeharika I nfrast ruct ure Pvt . Lt d.
Vs. St at e of Maharasht ra & ot hers,
report ed in AI R 2021 SC 1918, have laid
down param et ers for exercise of power
under Art icle 226 of Const it ut ion, in such
m at t ers.
7. Whet her t he allegat ions are t rue or
unt rue, would have t o be decided in t he
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t rial.
8. I n such view of t he m at t er, t here is
no scope for int erference wit h t he
im pugned FI R while exercising
ext raordinary power under Art icle 226 of
t he Const it ut ion.
9. Accordingly, t he writ pet it ion fails
and is dism issed.
( M a n oj Ku m a r Tiw a r i, A.C.J.)
23.12.2024
Aswal
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Date: 2024.12.24 12:24:23 +05’30’