SL. No. Dat e Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or d ir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No. 757 of 2026 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Abhishek Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner through V.C.. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Petitioner Deepak Kumar is praying for quashing for FIR dated 02.02.2026 bearing FIR No. 66 of 2026 registered at P.S. Bhagwanpur District Haridwar which was lodged against seven persons, namely, Vishal, Saurabh, Vineet, Nikhil, Prince, Himanshu and Viksit and the petitioner is not named in the FIR. 4. It is argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is not named in the FIR and is innocent and the police personnel are harassing him under the garb of impugned FIR and therefore FIR be quashed. 5. The reliefs as sought in this petition are as follows:- (i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned FIR No. 66 of 2026 U/s 103(1), 109(1), 190, 191(2) and 191(3) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 at Police Station Bhagwanpur District Haridwar lodged by the respondent no. 3 as against the petitioners. (ii) Issue a writ or order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 to not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of the FIR No. 66 of 2026 U/s 103(1), 109(1) 190, 191(2) and 191(3) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 at Police Station Bhagwanpur District Haridwar. Admittedly, the petitioner is not named in the FIR and on the previous date State was directed to get instructions and today Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. on instructions apprise to this Court that impugned FIR cannot be quashed since it relates to a heinous offence of murder and the investigation is going on and there are some clue with the investigating agency, therefore, interrogation of the petitioner is required. 6. On perusal of the impugned FIR, prima facie, offence is made out against the persons who are named in the FIR and that too relates to murder, therefore, admittedly FIR cannot be quashed. 7. In such view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this petition, hence, the same dismissed being devoid of merit. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 04.05.2026 Parul