1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 765 of 2011 with Stay Application No. 9194 of 2011 1. Pooran Chandra Joshi S/o Late Shri Trilok Chandra 2. Smt. Santi Devi W/o Shri Pooran Chandra Joshi Both R/o Village Bagga, P.S.Khatima District Udham Singh Nagar …………… Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Uttarakhand, through Principal Secretary home 2. The Senior Superintendent of Police, District Udham Singh Nagar 3. The Station House Officer, Police Station Khatima District Udham Singh Nagar 4. Gokulanand Joshi S/o Late Shri Luxmi Dutt Joshi R/o Harshal (Dhuriya), P.S. Bajpur, District Udham Singh Nagar …………..Respondents Shri S.C.Bhatt, Advocate, present for the petitioners Shri S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the state. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. 2 Heard. (2) By means of this writ petition moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioners have sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 25.08.2011, registered as Crime No. 176 of 2011, relating to offence punishable under section 304B I.P.C., Police Station Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. (3) A young woman is said to have died of burn injuries within one year of her marriage. Petitioners are father in law and mother in law. It is contended on behalf of the petitioners that in the dying declaration the deceased had admitted the fact that she caught fire accidentally while cooking the food. (4) Having gone through the contents of the First Information Report, and other papers on record, in the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case. 3 (5) Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed summarily. (Stay Application No. 9194 of 2011, also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 06.09.2011 NP