2026:UHC:2134 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/521/2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Ravindra Singh Rawat, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Tumul Nainwal, learned AGA for the State. 3. By the instant petition, petitioner Himanshu Kukreti is praying for quashing of the FIR dated 05.03.2026 bearing FIR No. 39 of 2026, registered at Police Station – Prem Nagar, District – Dehradun wherein the petitioner along with two other have been implicated for the offences punishable under Section 117 (2), 324 (4), 351 (2), 352 BNS, 2023. 4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegations, as alleged in the FIR, are false and frivolous and the petitioner has been falsely implicated and even otherwise, all the offences are punishable for less than 7 years and as such, the Investigating Officer has to follow the guidelines as formulated by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273 while conducting investigation. 5. Mr. Tumul Nainwal, learned AGA for the State also admits that since the offences are punishable for less than 7 years, and as such, the Investigating Officer has to follow the guidelines as formulated by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273. 6. In view of the submission as above, present writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the Investigating Officer to follow the guidelines as formulated by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273 while conducting the investigation. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 25.03.2026 SKS