IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 28 of 2004 (M/B) Pawan Kumar Goyal, S/o Late Sri Satya Prakash Goyal, R/o 144 Dwarkapuri, Muzaffarnagar. ........... Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary, Home. 2. Station House Officer, P.S. Kotdwar, District Pauri Garhwal 3. Khandadhikari CBCID, Dehradun. 4. Manager (Legal), U.P. Financial Corporation, Regional Office, 76 Rajpur Road, Dehradun. ............ Respondents Mr. Alok Singh, Senior Counsel with Mr. D. Barthwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.K. Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents Nos. 1 to 3. None for respondent No. 4. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Mr. Alok Singh, Senior Counsel with Mr. D. Barthwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.K. Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents Nos. 1 to 3. None for respondent No. 4. 2. Mr. D.K. Sharma, the learned Government Advocate submits that the writ petition filed by petitioner Pawan Kumar Goyal seeking quashing of the First Information Report and the case registered against him has, now, become infructuous, as the Police has already completed the investigation of the case and charge sheet is being filed against the petitioner in the near future. 3. In this view of the matter, while dismissing the writ petition as infructuous, it is directed that the protection granted to the petitioner vide order dated 15.01.2004 shall remain operative till the filing of the charge sheet against the petitioner. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 22.06.2006 22.06.2006 G