2026:UHC:625 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No.203 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Neeraj Singh Kaira and Ms. Anju Mehta, Advocates for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Virk, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. Rakesh Kumar Joshi, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. By means of present writ petition, petitioners seek to quash the F.I.R., details whereof are given in the prayer clause. 3. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the concerned Station House Officer to follow the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, passed in ‘Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and Another’, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273, before he proceeds to arrest the petitioners. 4. Learned State Counsel has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners. 5. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Gadarpur, District Udham Singh Nagar and the Investigating Officer to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Another’, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273. (Alok Mahra, J.) Vacation Judge 23.01.2026 Arpan