SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS UKHC010118152026 WPCRL/1282/2026 Dharmendra Singh --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Rakesh Joshi, A.G.A. for the State. 3. By means of present writ petition, petitioners seek to quash the F.I.R. No. 180 of 2026 dated 02.07.2026, registered at Police Station – I.T.I., District Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is wholly innocent and has falsely been implicated in the case; that the impugned F.I.R. has been lodged on false, fabricated and concocted allegations. 5. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner submits the offences alleged in the impugned F.I.R. are punishable with imprisonment, which does not exceed seven years. Thus, 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. It is further submitted that the petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the investigation in all respects and shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required. 6. Learned State Counsel has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner. 7. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station – I.T.I., 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. 8. It is clarified that in the event the Investigating Officer forms an opinion that arrest of the petitioner is necessary, the statutory requirements prescribed under law shall be complied with in letter and spirit. 9. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Alok Mahra J.) 09.07.2026 Ujjwal