Uttarakhand High Court
WPCRL/343/2024 on 23 December, 2024
2024:UHC:9848 Office N ot e s, S r e por t s, or de r s L or pr oce e dings . Date or dir e ct ions COURT'S OR JUD GE'S ORD ERS N a nd Re gist r a r 's o or de r w it h . Signa t ur e s 23.12.2024 WPCRL No. 343 of 2024 H on'ble Alok Kum a r Ve rm a , J.
The present Pet it ion under Art icle 226
of t he Const it ut ion of I ndia has been filed
wit h t he following prayers: –
” ( i) I ssue a writ , order or direct ion in
t he nat ure of m andam us direct ing t he
respondent s to form a Special
I nvest igat ing Team ( SI T) and fur t her
t o t ransfer t he invest igat ion relat ing t o
t he First I nform at ion Report dat ed
28.01.2024 regist ered as FI R No. 61 of
2024 punishable U/ S 376( 2) ( n) and
506 of I PC at PS Kot wali, Haridwar,
Ut t arakhand t o t he SI T; and/ or,
( ii) I ssue a writ , order or direct ion in
t he nat ure of m andam us direct ing t he
respondent s to change t he
I nvest igat ing Officer in FI R No. 61 of
2024 punishable U/ S 376( 2) ( n) and
506 of I PC at PS Kot wali, Haridwar,
Ut t arakhand and furt her have t he
I nvest igat ion done by a police officer
of different dist rict and not below t he
rank of Senior Superint endent of Police;
and/ or,
( iii) I ssue any ot her appropriat e order
or direct ion as t his Hon’ble Court m ay
deem fit and proper in t he
circum st ances of t he case in t he
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int erest of j ust ice ot herwise t he
pet it ioner shall suffer irreparable loss
and inj ury w hich cannot be
com pensat ed in any m anner. ”
2. Mr. Gaurav Kandpal, lear ned counsel
for t he pet it ioner and Mr. G.S. Sandhu,
learned Addit ional Advocat e General
assist ed by Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj , learned
Brief Holder for t he respondent no. 1 and
respondent no. 2.
3. Lear ned counsel for t he St at e
subm it t ed t hat t he I nvest igat ing Officer has
filed a closur e report in t his m at t er.
4. On t he request of bot h t he part ies, t he
present Crim inal Writ Pet it ion ( No. 343 of
2024) is dism issed as infr uct uous.
( Alok Ku m a r Ve r m a, J.)
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Date: 2024.12.23 19:23:37 +05’30’
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