IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL STAY APPLICATION NO.4555 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 569 OF 2008 Surendra Singh Chauhan S/o Late Sri Hari Singh R/o Village Virpur, Tehsil Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. ….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & another ….Respondents Dated: 23 rd July, 2008 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Sri Birendra Singh Adhikari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Harish Pujari, learned Addl. GA for the State. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the First Information Report dated 11.07.2008 registered as Crime No. 123/2008, relating to the offence punishable under Section 384 I.P.C. with Police Station Jaspur District Udham Singh Nagar. Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that petitioner is a journalist of a news channel. It is further submitted that he is innocent and falsely implicated in the crime, as he never attempted to extort money from the complainant. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and that of learned Addl. GA for the State and after going through the contents of the first Information Report and other papers filed with the writ petition, we are not inclined to interfere with the investigation in the present matter. The writ petition is dismissed summarily with the observation that if the petitioner-Surendra Singh Chauhan is arrested or surrenders before the court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay Application No.4555/2008 is disposed of). (Dharam Veer, J.) (Prafulla C.Pant, J.) 23.07.2008 Arti