IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 269 of 2006 (M/B) 1. Harish Chandra Singh Rana s/o Shri Soban Singh Rana, r/o 47/4 Vidya Vihar Colony, Kargi Road, Dehradun Presently posted as Assistant Engineer, Haridwar Development Authority, Haridwar (Uttaranchal) 2. Anand Ram Arya s/o Late D. R. Arya, r/o 8/A/3 Bank Colony, Mohani Road, Dehradun Presently posted as Junior Engineer, Haridwar Development Authority, Haridwar (Uttaranchal) ……………. Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal 2. Station House Officer, Police Station – Kotwali City, District Haridwar. 3. Shri Anil Kumar Saxena s/o Shri Krishan Bihari, Office Superintendent, Haridwar Development Authority, Haridwar (Uttaranchal) …………….. Respondents ………. Sri Pankaj Purohit, Advocate for the petitioners. Sri D.K. Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents 1 and 2. Km. Pooja Banga, Advocate for respondent no. 3. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Sri Pankaj Purohit, Advocate for the petitioners. Sri D.K. Sharma, Government Advocate for respondents 1 and 2. Km. Pooja Banga, Advocate for respondent no. 3. 2. Sri Sharma, the learned Government Advocate submits that the writ petition filed by petitioners – Harish Chandra Singh Rana and Anand Ram Arya seeking quashing of the First Information Report leading to the registration of a case against the petitioners has now become infructuous as the police has completed the investigation of the case and is proposing to file charge-sheet against both the petitioners before the concerning Court in the near future. 3. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous with a further direction that the interim relief granted to the petitioners shall continue to remain in force till the date of filing of the charge-sheet against the petitioners before the concerning Court. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 21.07.2006 21.07.2006 A