UKHC010119592026 2026:UHC:6169 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/1311/2026 Madan Kumar Jha --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J Mr. Mahendra Singh Rawat, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. and Mr. Nikhil Bisht, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. By means of present writ petition, petitioners seek to quash the F.I.R., details whereof are given in the prayer clause. 3. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners 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 petitioners. 4. Learned State Counsel has no objection on the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners. 5. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Kathgodam, District Nainital 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.) 22.07.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb73 93398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB9874463 51E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.07.22 17:28:17 +05'30'