IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 392 of 2006 (M/B) Ashok Kumar Gupta, S/o Hari Shankar Gupta, R/o Mohalla Gujratiyan, P.S. Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. ……. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Senior Superintendent of Police, District Udham Singh Nagar. 2. Station House Officer, P.S. Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Satish Kumar S/o Late Sri Chunni Lal, R/o Mohalla Katra Maliyan, P.S. Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. …….. Respondents Mr. B.S. Negi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.C. Pande, A.G.A. for the State of Uttaranchal. Mr. Dharamveer Sharma, Senior Counsel with Mr. B.S. Parihar, Advocate for respondent No. 3. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon. Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon. P.C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. (Oral) Mr. B.S. Negi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.C. Pande, A.G.A. for respondents Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. Dharamveer Sharma, Senior Counsel with Mr. B.S. Parihar, Advocate for respondent No. 3. 2. Mr. Dharamveer Sharma, the learned Senior Counsel for respondent No. 3 submits that as petitioner Ashok Kumar Gupta has already been arrested by the police, the writ petition, now, has become infructuous. 3. The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as infructuous. (P.C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 07.04.2006 07.04.2006 G