KAMAL BHATIA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 28th March, 2025 Pronounced on: 27th June, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 77/2025, CRL.M.A. 675/2025 (stay) KAMAL BHATIA S/o Shri Praveen Bhatia R/o H-134-A, Dilshad Garden, Delhi-110095 Contact No.9811062866 Email Id- [email protected] .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Umang Tyagi, Mr. Siddharth Sharma, Mr. Zuber Ali, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI Through DCP Shahdara District-Shahdara Delhi-110032 Contact No.9818099052 Email Id- [email protected] .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC for the State along with Mr. Abhijeet Kumar, Advocate with SI Anil, P.S. Seemapuri. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (old Provision Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), has been Signature Not Verified Signed By:RITA W.P.(CRL) 77/2025 Page 1 of 20 SHARMA Signing Date:02.07.2025 12:38:29 filed on behalf of the Petitioner, Kamal Bhatia for quashing/setting-aside of the Order dated 11.12.2024 in Case No. 209/2024 whereby the Hon‟ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, has upheld the Externment Order dated 15.07.2024, issued by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police-I, Shahdara District, Delhi. 2. Briefly stated, the Deputy Commissioner of Police-I, Shahdara District Delhi, initiated Externment proceedings against the Petitioner under Section 47 of Delhi Police Act, 1978 (for short „D.P. Act‟) D.P. Act vide File No. 68/2003 on 25.11.2023. Notice under Section 50 D.P. Act dated 25.11.2023 was served upon the Petitioner and he was informed about the general nature of the materia