IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.551 of 2008 With Stay Application No.4413/2008 Naeem Ahmad & another ………….. Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand & two others ………… Respondents Sri A.K. Shah, learned counsel for the petitioners Sri M.A. Khan, learned brief holder for the State Coram: Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Dated: July 17, 2008 Heard Sri A.K. Shah, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri M.A. Khan, learned brief holder for the State. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought writ in the nature of certiorari quashing of the first information report lodged by Respondent No.3 registered as Case Crime No.337/2008 relating to offence punishable under Section 379 IPC and one punishable u/s 26 of Forest Act with P.S. Haldwani, Distt. Nainital. The FIR appears to have been lodged by the public servant and the allegation against 19 accused including the two petitioners is that they are illegally doing the mining work and stocking the same. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and after going through the contents of the FIR, 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 petitioners namely Naeem Ahmad & Imran are arrested or surrender before the court concerned, their bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No.4413/08 also stands dismissed) (Dharam Veer, J.) (Prafulla C.Pant, J.) 17.07.2008 Rajeev Dang