IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.602 of 2008 With Stay Application No. 4814/2008 Manoj Kumar S/o Jai Kishan Batra, R/o Ward No.2, Tanakpur, District Champawat ……….. Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand through S.P. Distt Champawat & two others ……….. Respondents Sri S.Dhulia, Sr. Adv. assisted by Sri Vipul Sharma, counsel for the petitioner Sri Tanuj Semwal, learned A.G.A. for the State Coram: Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Dated: July 30, 2008 Heard Sri Sudhanshu Dhulia, Sr. Advocate assisted by Sri Vipul Sharma, counsel for the petitioner, and Sri Tanuj Semwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the State. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of certiorari quashing of the first information report dated 24.7.2008 registered as case Crime No.1438/2008 relating to offences punishable under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, with P.S. Tanakpur, Distt. Champawat. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submitted that the licensee kerosene dealer is the brother of the petitioner and not the petitioner, as such the petitioner has nothing to do with the excess stock found by the public servants in the stock maintained by the brother of petitioner. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and that of learned A.G.A. for the State and after going through the contents of FIR and other papers on record, we are not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed summarily with the observation that if the petitioner is arrested or surrenders, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay by the court concerned. (Stay Application No. 4814/08 stands disposed of) (Dharam Veer, J.) (Prafulla C.Pant, J.) 30.07.2008 Rajeev Dang