2026:UHC:1541 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. 180 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Shiv Pandey, learned counsel holding the brief of Mrs. Shivangi Gangwar, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned A.G.A. with Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. By the instant petition the petitioners are praying for the following reliefs: i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to call for the record and to quash the FIR No. 0017 of 2026 dated 12.01.2026 at P.S. Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar under section 318(4) and section 351(2) of the BNS, 2023, against the petitioners. 4. The Coordinate Bench already granted interim protection to the petitioners with the direction that the investigation may go on, however, the petitioners shall not be arrested. 5. Learned A.G.A. apprise to this court that the offences in which the petitioners have been implicated in the impugned FIR are punishable for less than seven years and, therefore, the I.O. concerned is under legal obligation to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 272. 6. In view of the submissions as advanced by the learned A.G.A. the instant writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction to the I.O. concerned to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 272. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 10.03.2026 PR 2026:UHC:1541