IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 902 of 2008 Arnuesh Chandra Gautam ……. Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …… Respondents Mr. Vivek Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Nandan Arya, A.G.A for the State. Respondent no. 4- Mr. Jagdish Chandra Walia in person. JUDGMENT Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. An application bearing No. 1932/2009 has been filed by the respondent no. 4 with the prayer to permit the respondent no. 4 to contest the case in person. Misc. Application No. 1932/2009 is allowed and the respondent no. 4 is permitted to contest the case in person. Heard Mr. Vivek Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Nandan Arya, A.G.A for the State and respondent no. 4- Mr. Jagdish Chandra Walia in person. Learned A.G.A for the State submits before this Court that it has been indicated in para 2 of the counter affidavit that the police has completed the investigation and after completion of investigation the police has found that there is no prima-facie case against the present petitioner. It was further submitted that the police has submitted the final report before the Circle Officer. It was further submitted that in view of above the writ petition filed by petitioner seeking quashing of the First Information Report and the case registered against him has, now, become infructuous. As such, the police is likely to submit the final report before the competent court in the near future. 3. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. 4. However, interim order dated 12.11.2008 shall remain operative till the final report is filed before the court concerned. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) Dated 19.03.2009 LSR