IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 102 of 2011 Mokhtar Ahmed S/o Akhtar Hussain R/o Village Bheguan, Post Koryahi, P.S. Sursand, District Sitamarhi, Bihar. ...…………. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home Dehradun. 2. Station House Officer Police Station Dalanwala District Haridwar. 3. Rukhsana W/o Nasim Ahmed R/o New Colony, Chander Road, P.S. Dalanwala, District Dehradun. ...…………. Respondents Mr. A.U. Siddiqui, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. G.S. Sandhu, G.A., present for respondents No. 1 & 2. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this writ petition, moved under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought quashing of the first information report dated 23.02.2010, registered as Crime No. 29 of 2011, relating to offence punishable under Section 498 of I.P.C. (converted into one punishable under Section 366 of I.P.C.), at police station Dalanwala, District Dehradun. 2 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner lives in Bihar. He is not acquainted with the family of the complainant, who lives in Dehradun. He further contended that it is improbable that the petitioner would abduct daughter-in-law of the complainant. 4) It appears that daughter-in-law of the complainant is still missing. The petitioner has pleaded in the writ petition that complainant’s daughter-in-law might have left her house due to the mental illness she was suffering for which the petitioner only performed ‘DUA’ (prayer) on the request of the complainant. 5) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, and after going through the papers on record, without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this court is of the view that it is not a fit case for interference with the investigation of the case. 6) Therefore, the writ petition is summarily dismissed with the observation that if the petitioner Mokhtar Ahmed surrenders before the court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No. 953 of 2011 also stands dismissed). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. February 18, 2011. H. Negi