SATINDER SINGH BHASIN vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:20th February, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 598/2025 SATINDER SINGH BHASIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vishal Gosain, Mr. Harsh Bora, Mr. Praney, Mr. Pravir Singh, Ms. Anushka Baruah, Mr. Nilanjan Dey & Mr. Ajunee Singh, Advs. (M: 9432280612) versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Ms. Priyam Aggarwal & Mr. Abhinav Arya, Advs., with SI Navneet PS Connaught Place and SI Rohit PS Rajouri Garden. Mr. Anil Mittal and Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Advs. with Mr. Firoz Akhtar, SS. IPS Bita 2 Gautam Budh Nagar UP. For R-2 and 3 (M: 9810064432) Mr Vikas Pahwa, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Nikhil Kohli, Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Mr. Saket Sikri, Mr. Kushank Garg, Ms. Sanskriti Shakuntala Gupta, Mr. Ajay Pal Singh, Advs. for Complainant. (M: 9764775337) CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner seeking a writ in the nature of habeas corpus. The facts that have transpired, are that the Petitioner was first detained on 16th February, 2025, around 05:13 PM by Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(CRL) 598/2025 Page 1 of 15 By:RAHUL Signing Date:24.02.2025 17:08 the SHO Beta-II Police Station at Gautam Budh Nagar, (Noida) UP and was released at 9:30 PM on the same day. 3. Again, on 18th February, 2025, he was intercepted near Shivaji Stadium, Connaught Place, New Delhi by the U.P. police without any prior information being given to the Delhi Police and has been taken to an unknown location. His whereabouts were thereafter not known. Hence, the present petition was filed, seeking his production. 4. When the matter was listed and