IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ. Petition No. 1085 of 2009 Mukesh Kumar S/o Shri Jai Prakash Sharma R/o Sharda Dham, Near Ranipur Jhal Jwalapur, District –Haridwar …………….Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Superintendent of Police, District Dehradun. 2. Station House Officer, Thana Kotwali, Claimant Town, Sadar Dehradun District-Dehradun. 3. Shri D.K.Mittal, Advocate Subhashnagar P.O. Claimant Town, Police Station, Claimant Town, Dehradun District Haridwar District-Dehradun. …………Respondents. Shri Sunder Singh Bhandari, Advocate present for the petitioner. Shri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this petition, moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought the writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the first information report dated 29.08.2009, relating the offences punishable under section 420, 467, 468 of I.P.C. (registered as crime No. 49 of 2009 with Police Station Claimant Town, Dehradun). 2. The allegations contained in the first information report are of serious nature in which it is alleged that the complainant was cheated by giving him a blank bank draft for an amount of Rs. 13 lac, which on presentation to the Bank was found to be a coloured and scanned copy of the document. Said draft is said to have been given for executing sale of the land made by the complainant. 4. Now counter affidavit filed on behalf of the State in which it has been categorically stated that the petitioner is not co-operating with the investigation after obtaining interim order. 5. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through papers on record this Court does not find it to be a fit case for quashing of the first information report. The writ petition is dismissed. Interim order dated 16.12.2009, is hereby vacated. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt:20.04.2010 parul