2026:UHC:1479 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. 253 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. By the instant writ petition the petitioner is praying for the following reliefs: i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report lodged by the respondent no. 3 on 21.05.2025 against the petitioner which has been registered as FIR/Case Crime No. 0259 of 2025 for the alleged offences punishable under section 420, 506 of IPC, Police Station Kotwali Jwalapur, District Haridwar (contained as Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition) qua the petitioner. 4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that all the allegations, as alleged, are false and frivolous and the petitioner is innocent, and furthermore, the offences as alleged are punishable for less than seven years, and, as such, the concerned I.O. while conducting the investigation has to follow the guidelines as formulated by the Hon’ble Apex court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 272. 5. Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State have not disputed that all the offences are punishable for less than seven years, therefore, the I.O. has to follow the guidelines as formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra). 6. In view of the submissions, as advanced above, the instant writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction to the concerned I.O. to follow the guidelines as formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra) while conducting the investigation. 2026:UHC:1479 7. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 09.03.2026 PR