IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 1043/2010 Nabal Kishore Pandey …….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Ors. …….Respondents December 14, 2010 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri B.S. Parihar, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Shri Amit Bhatt, Addl. GA, present for the State. Heard. By means of this petition moved under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 18.10.2010, on the basis of which Crime No. 58 of 2010, relating to the offence punishable under Section 60/72 of the Excise Act, and the offences punishable under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 & 34 IPC, has been registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Pithoragarh. Having considered submissions of learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Counsel for the State and after going through the papers on record, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation of the case. With petition is dismissed in limine with the observation that if the petitioner Nabal Kishore Pandey is arrested by the police or surrenders before the court concerned, his bail application shall be heard and disposed of without unreasonable delay. (Stay application no. 10405 of 2010 stands disposed of.) (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 14.12.2010 PRABODH 2