IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 331 of 2011 Nawab ……… Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & others ………. Respondents Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. M.A. Khan, A.G.A. for the State/respondent Nos. 1 and 2. JUDGMENT Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, C.J. In course of investigation, it has come that the vehicle by which bullocks were being transported for slaughtering purpose was owned by the petitioner and that he was also one of the persons, who was accompanying the bullocks and the vehicle, but fled when the vehicle and the bullocks were apprehended by the villagers. The present writ petition seeks to prevent Investigating Officer to pursue the investigation further against the petitioner only on the ground that the petitioner has not been named in the First Information Report. Investigation, pursuant to the First Information Report, is to be carried out. It is not necessary that the investigation, pursuant to the First Information Report, shall remain confined only to the persons named as accused in the First Information Report. That being the situation, there is no scope of interference in the matter. The writ petition fails and the same is dismissed. In the event, however, petitioner seeks bail, let the bail application be decided as quickly as possible and preferably on the date of making of the application. (Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 05.05.2011 Aswal