1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 696 of 2011 with Stay Application No. 8506 of 2011 Ram Sewak Agrawal S/o Shri Ram Raksh Pal R/o Mohalla Gujratian, Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand …………… Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through Secretary Home 2. Station House Officer, Police Station Jaspur District Udham Singh Nagar 3. A.M.Joshi Senior Supply Inspector, Jaspur District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand …………..Respondents. Shri Mahesh Chandra Bansal, Advocate, present for the petitioner Shri S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2 (2) By means of this writ petition, moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 09.08.2011, registered as F.I.R. No. 141 of 2011 relating to offence punishable under section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Police Station Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. (3) A truck loaded with public distribution food grains was found in the Shakti Rice Mill which according to the complainant appears to have been taken there for being sold in the black market. The plea of the petitioner is that it is not the petitioner, who is the owner of the Shakti Rice Mill. The owner of Shakti Rice Mill according to the petitioner is Poonam Agrawal (who is wife of the petitioner). (4) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, 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. (5) Therefore, without expressing any opinion as to final merits in the matter, the writ petition is summarily dismissed with the observation that if the petitioner Ram Sewak Agrawal surrenders before the 3 court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No. 8506 of 2011 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.19.08.2011 NP