2026:UHC:602 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.171 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rakesh Negi, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. By means of present writ petition, petitioner seeks to quash the F.I.R., details whereof are given in the prayer clause. 3. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner 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 petitioner. 4. Learned State Counsel has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Sitarganj, 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 21.01.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445 e3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C51 09CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.01.21 18:54:26 +05'30'