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2025 DAILYLAW 4452 (UTT)

SUNIL DUTT v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPCRL/251/2025 · 2025-08-01

Pankaj Purohit

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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.251 of 2025 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner-informant for the following reliefs:- “(A) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities, including the police to produce the progress report and action taken against respondent nos.4, 5 & 6 against whom overwhelming evidence exists regarding their role in abetting the suicide of the deceased Sudhir Kumar, and further threatening the witness to do compromise further ensure strict compliance with the law in taking appropriate action against them. (B) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent State authorities to transfer the investigation of FIR No.0012 of 2025 registered at Police Station Jhabreda, District Haridwar to an independent investigative agency, such as the Crime Branch (CB) or Crime Investigation Department (CID), to ensure a free, fair and unbiased investigation into the matter. (C) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent investigative agency to secure and analyze all available evidence, including the deceased’s recorded video statement and eyewitness testimonies and to take immediate steps for forensic examination and electronic preservation of crucial materials related to the case. (D) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondent authorities to ensure that no under influence or pressure is exerted on the investigation, and that all legal proceedings against the accused are carried out strictly in accordance with law without any interference.” 4. This Court vide order dated 02.07.2025 directed the learned State Counsel to seek 2 progress report of the investigation. 5. Today, learned State Counsel passed on the progress report dated 01.08.2025 to this Court, which is taken on record. 6. According to the progress report submitted by the police, after investigation, final report has been submitted against the respondent nos.4, 5 & 6. 7. So far as prayer no.B of the petitioner is concerned, since the investigation has been concluded and the final report has been submitted, such relief cannot be granted to the petitioner. 8. Since the final report has been filed after investigation, nothing survives in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is hereby closed. 9. However, it is open to the petitioner- informant to file a protest petition or take legal recourse available to him, if he is put on notice by the court concerned. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 01.08.2025 AK