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2025 DAILYLAW 11125 (UTT)

GHANSHYAM BATHLA v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPCRL/2071/2021 · 2025-04-29

Pankaj Purohit

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2025:UHC:3212 SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS WPCRL No.2071 of 2021 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Rishabh Bisht, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Vikas Kumar Guglani, learned counsel for petitioner. 2. Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. with Ms. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holders for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. By means of the present criminal writ petition, petitioner has challenged the FIR No.260 of 2021 dated 13.09.2021, for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 370, 342, 34 of IPC, under Sections 5/6 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012, and under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of the Immoral Trafficking Act, registered with P.S. Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. It is informed by the learned State Counsel that after investigation, charge-sheet dated 01.12.2021 has been submitted by the Police against the petitioner, therefore, nothing remains to be decided in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he wants to challenge the said charge-sheet in the appropriate proceedings before the appropriate forum. 6. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the parties, the present criminal writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. However, it is open to petitioner to challenge the charge-sheet in appropriate proceedings, before the appropriate forum. 7. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 29.04.2025 PN PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331bac55c78b5f 9f0276c16432f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE064498483A83 D84BDB0F9229D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2025.04.29 16:45:53 +05'30'