1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 664 of 2011 with S tay Application No. 8123 of 2011 1. Yashwant Singh S/o Khyali Singh Bisht Assistant Development Officer (Co operative) Block Development Office Kaljikhal, Tehsil Pauri, District Pauri Garhwal, U.K. 2. Shivcharan Singh Rawat Assistant Development Officer (Panchayat) Block Development Office Kaljikhal, Tehsil Pauri, District Pauri Garhwal, U.K. …………… Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, Through secretary, Home 2. Senior Superintendent of Police District Pauri Garhwal 3. Station House Officer Patwalsyuan, District Pauri Garhwal. 4. Sri Rajpal Singh Sajwan District Social Welfare Officer Pauri, Disrict Pauri Garhwal. …………..Respondents. Shri Vinod Tewari, Advocate, with Shri G.C.Kandpal, Advocate, present for the petitioners. 2 Shri S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A, 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 petitioners have sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 30.06.2011, registered as Crime No. 01 of 2011, Patwari Circle, Patwalsyun, District Pauri Garhwal, relating to offence punishable under section 120B I.P.C. (3) It is alleged in the First Information Report lodged by Social Welfare Officer that one Jaykrit Singh has withdrawn the old age pension by making false statement, and submitting false papers. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioners are Assistant Development Officers, and they have no role in commission of crime. (4) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the petitioners, and learned counsel for the state, and after going through the papers on record, this court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case. 3 (5) Therefore, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, the writ petition is dismissed summarily with the observation that if the petitioners Yashwant Singh and Shivcharan Singh Rawat surrender before the court concerned, their bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay, keeping in mind that they are Government Officers. (Stay Application No. 8123 of 2011 stands disposed of ). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.08.08.2011 NP