IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.949 of 2011 1- Kaushar Ali S/o Hasan Ali R/o Sirauli Kala, P.S. Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. 2- Yusuf Ali S/o Hasan Ali R/o Sirauli Kala, P.S. Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. ….…..Petitioners Versus 1- State of Uttarakhand through Home Secretary Civil Secretariat, Dehradun. 2- Senior Superintendent of Police, Udham Singh Nagar. 3- S.H.O. Police Station Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4- Jishan Ali S/o Asagar Ali R/o Village Bandiya, P.S. Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar. ……Respondents Mrs. Shivangi Gangwar, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder, present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this writ petition, moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report, dated 24.10.2011, registered as F.I.R. No. 280 of 2011, relating of offences punishable under Section 147, 148, 149, 452, 324, 325, 504, 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station-Kichha District Udham Singh Nagar. 2 3) Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioners are innocent. It is further pleaded that they have been implicated due to the matrimonial discord between the petitioner no.1 Kaushar Ali and his wife. However, the contents of the First Information Report show that the alleged offences are serious in nature, which are supported by medical/injury reports. Factual pleas of defence raised by the petitioners are matters of investigation. 4) In the above circumstances, this writ petition is devoid of merits. The same is dismissed (Stay application No. 11382 of 2011, also stands dismissed). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 02.11.2011 JM