IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.836 of 2011 Ishak S/o Noor Mohammad R/o Jhivarhedi, P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar. ….…..Petitioner Versus 1- State of Uttarakhand through S.S.P. Haridwar District Haridwar. 2- Station House Officer, P.S. Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar. 3- Sri Kedar Singh, S.I., P.S. Kotwali Roorkee, District Haridwar. ……Respondents Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. B.S.Parihar, Brief Holder, present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this writ petition moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought quashing of First Information Report dated 21.08.2011, registered as Crime No. 178 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under Section 147, 148, 149,332, 186, 353, 342, 504 of I.P.C., Police Station-Laksar, District- Haridwar. 3) Police personnel on duty are allegedly made hostage by the accused persons, after making unlawful assembly and assaulting them. The petitioner has pleaded that he is innocent. It is further submitted that the dispute is trivial in 2 nature of altercation between some villagers and some Policemen. 4) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the papers on record, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case. 5) Therefore, without expressing any opinion on the allegations made in the First Information Report, the writ petition is summarily dismissed, with the observation that if the petitioner Ishak surrenders before the court concerned his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay (Stay application No. 10067 of 2011, stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 23.09.2011 JM