IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 636 of 2006 (M/B) Madan Mohan Karnatak s/o Late Sri J.D. Karnatak, r/o Mohalla – Karnatak Khola, Almora District Almora ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, Through Superintendent of Police, Almora. 2. Station House Officer, Police Station- Kotwali, Almora. 3. Parganadhikari Sadar, Almora ……… Respondents Sri K.C. Tewari, Advocate for the petitioner. Sri H.C. Pande, Addl. Government Advocate for the respondents. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA C.J. (Oral) Sri K.C. Tewari, Advocate for the petitioner. Sri H.C. Pande, Addl. Government Advocate for the respondents. 2. Sri Pande, the learned Additional Government Advocate, submits that the writ petition filed by the petitioner Madan Mohan Karnatak seeking stay of his arrest now has become infructuous as the petitioner has already been arrested by the police during the pendency of the writ petition. 3. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. 4. Consequently, CLMA No. 6443 of 2006 also stands disposed of. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 30.06.2006 30.06.2006 A