nainital uttarakhand high court hc on wednesday dismissed the petition requesting a stay on the arrest of builders priya sharma and sudhir chawla who are accused in the nh 74 scamj s virk assistant government advocate said after sudhir chawla failed to appear in court despite the honorable courts orders the hc dismissed their application now the police department is free to proceed and make arrests if necessary the court also stated that the inquiry should be made over documents submitted in court by chawla and if they were forged a case be registered in relevant sections the duo had filed the petition in the hc earlier this month to avoid arrest sharma is the managing director of real estate firm alliance plus infra pvt ltd while chawla is her partner both had been booked on charges of forgery by the special investigation team sit probing the rs 300crore land acquisition and compensation scam