IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 619 of 2006 (M/B) 1. Hari Shanker S/o Sri Babu Ram 2. Kamala Devi W/o Sri Babu Ram 3. Babu Ram S/o Raja Ram 4. Raju Chandra S/o Sri Babu Ram 5. Rajiv Chandra S/o Sri Babu Ram 6. Jitendra alias Bittu S/o Sri Babu Ram All respondents no. 1 to 6 R/o Baria Road, Indra Colony, P.S. Bazpur, Distt. U.S. Nagar 7. Rani Devi D/o Sri Babu Ram W/o Anil Kumar 8. Anil Kumar S/o Ram Charan Singh Respondent no. 7 & 8 R/o Vill. and P.O. Haldaur, Distt. Bijnor ....... Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal 2. Senior Superintendent of Police, Distt. U.S.Nagar. 3. Station House Officer, P.S. Kashipur, Distt. U.S.Nagar 4. Purushottam Sarn S/o Gualb Singh R/o H.No. 144 B, Opposite L.I.C., New Awas Vikas Kashipur. 5. Smt. Geeta W/o Harishanker D/o Sri Purushottam Saran R/o H.N. 144 B, opposite L.I.C. New Awas Vikas, Kashipur ......... Respondents Sri M.K.Goyal, Advocate for the petitioners. Sri D.K.Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents 1, 2 and 3. Sri Kurban Ali, Advocate for respondents 4 and 5. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Sri M.K.Goyal, Advocate for the petitioners. Sri D.K.Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents 1, 2 & 3. Sri Kurban Ali, Advocate for respondents 4 and 5. 2. Sri Sharma, the learned Government Advocate submits that the writ petition filed by petitioners seeking quashing of the First Information Report and the case registered against them now has become infructuous as the police after the completion of the investigation has filed charge- sheet against the petitioners before the concerning Court. 3. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. 4. Consequently, the interim order dated 24.05.2006 also stands vacated automatically. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 12.07.2006 12.07.2006 A