2025:UHC:6044 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.728 of 2025 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Vikramaditya Buddhist, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Sanjeev Singh, learned counsel for petitioners. 2. Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. with Ms. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for State of Uttarakhand/ respondent Nos.1 and 2. 3. By means of this criminal writ petition, petitioners have put to challenge the FIR No.0231 of 2025 dated 25.06.2025, for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) of the B.N.S. 2023, registered with P.S. Nehru Colony, District Dehradun. 4. After arguing a while, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners has limited his argument to the extent that the Investigating Agency should comply with the guidelines given in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and Another reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273. 5. Since the offences under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) of the B.N.S. 2023, carry a punishment maximum to seven years, therefore, before resorting to any arrest a prior notice under Section 35(3) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 (under Section 41A of Cr.P.C.) is necessary to 2025:UHC:6044 be issued to the petitioners. Hence, it is provided that before taking any coercive measures against present petitioners, the Investigating Officer shall abide by procedure given under Section 35(3) of the BNSS Act, 2023 (under Section 41A of Cr.P.C.). It is also directed that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation. 6. Accordingly, the criminal writ petition stands disposed of. 7. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 14.07.2025 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=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe3 8331bac55c78b5f9f0276c16432f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81 FAE064498483A83D84BDB0F9229D5BF08D959 AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2025.07.14 16:32:13 +05'30'