13.02.2015 accepted the closure report filed by the CBI in this matter, which aspect was not adverted to by the author and thus in view of the order dated 13.02.2015 of the Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI)/ACJM(I) Dehradun in case No. 1428/14 vide which the closure report submitted by the CBI in relation to the missing report for Guru Shanker Devi Ji at PS Khankhan, Haridwar, which was registered on 16.07.2007 was closed, the publication in relation to this aspect in 2017 prima facie cannot be held to be justified. … 140. As regards ―Chapter 9 Mystery 1: The Ally‘s Murder‖ which relates to the death of Swami Yoganand, the key associate of the petitioner, it is contended by the petitioner that through the said chapter which reads to the effect … it has been insinuated against the petitioner that he had something to do with the murder of Swami Yogananda on account of a falling out between the petitioner and Swami Yogananda on account of a falling out between the petitioner and Swami Yogananda and the petitioner contends that it is been further represented as if the Investigating Officer had filed an extraordinary report by stating that the perpetrators were unknown and that the respondents had not clarified that such reports are called ―Untrace Reports‖ and are common place and that the same had been done with the sole intention of creating an aura of suspicion so as to defame the petitioner and that in the light of the ―Untraced Report‖ which has also been admitted by the author, it is contended on behalf of the petitioner that it is clear that there was no way for the respondents to prove that the allegations were true and accordingly no defence would succeed in relation to the same. Prima facie the factum that there was an ―Untrace Report‖ in existence, there exists no CS (OS) 27/2019 Page 20 of 76

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