IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.515 of 2008 With Stay Application No.4157/2008 Jagdish Singh Basera S/o Kharag Singh, R/o Village Deori P.S. Khatima, U.S. Nagar ………….. Petitioner Versus Station House Officer, P.S. Khatima, U.S. Nagar & another ………… Respondents Sri Tumul Nailwal, learned counsel for the petitioner Sri M.A. Khan, learned brief holder for the State Coram: Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Dated: July 9, 2008 Heard Sri Tumul Nailwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M.A. Khan, learned brief holder for the State. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ of certiorari quashing of the first information report dated 17.05.2008 registered as Case Crime No.90/2008 relating to offence punishable under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and one punishable u/s 380 IPC, by Respondent No.2- Supply Inspector, Khatima. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and that of learned brief holder for the State and after going through the contents of 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 petitioner is arrested or surrenders before the court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No.4157/08 also stands rejected) (Dharam Veer, J.) (Prafulla C.Pant, J.) 09.07.2008 Rajeev Dang