IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.1076 of 2011 1. Sachin Rathi S/o Pahal Singh Rathi 2. Pahal Singh Rathi S/o Shri Samay Singh Rathi Both R/o Village Hussainpur, P.S. Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar ….…..Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary in the department of Home, Dehradun 2. SHO, P.S. Kotwali Laksar, District Haridwar 3. Deep Chandara S/o Shri Tungal, R/o Village Maharajpur, Kalan, P.S. Laksar, District Haridwar ……Respondents Sri T.A. Khan, Advocate, present for the petitioners Sri B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder, present for the State Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. By means of this writ petition, moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioners have sought quashing of first information report dated 27.10.2011 registered as crime no.219 of 2011, relating to offences punishable under section 420, 504, 506 of I.P.C. and one punishable under section 3(1)(x) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2 There are allegations of cheating with the poor illiterate member of scheduled caste (complainant). Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioners are innocent, and no offence has been committed by them. 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. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed summarily with the observation that if the petitioners Sachin Rathi and Pahal Singh Rathi surrender before the court concerned, their bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No.12976 of 2011 stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 13.12 11 .20 Rajni