IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL STAY APPLICATION NO.3462 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.431 OF 2008 Himanshu Sharma, S/o Shri Surendra Sharma, R/o New M.S. Block-21, Mohan Garden, Main Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi-110059. …...Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & two others. …….Respondents Dated: 12th June, 2008 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer,J. Heard Sri Pawan Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Tanuj Semwal, learned AGA for the State/respondent nos1 & 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 19.05.2008 lodged by respondent no.3 on the basis of which Crime No.105/2008, relating to the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 I.P.C. and one punishable under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 is registered with Police Station Patelnager, District Dehradun. Earlier the father-in-law and brother-in-law of petitioner were granted interim relief on 23.05.2008 in writ petition no.397/2008 on the ground that they are living separately from petitioner and his wife (complainant). Having gone through the contents of the First Information Report and other papers on record and after considering the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State, we are not inclined to interfere with the investigation. The writ petition is dismissed with the observation that if the petition is arrested or surrenders before the court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No.3462/2008 is also dismissed.) (Dharam Veer, J.) (Prafulla C.Pant, J.) 12.06.2008 Arti