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

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$~128 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th March, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 598/2025 SATINDER SINGH BHASIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vishal Gosain, Ms. Rudrani Tyagi, Mr. Praney Sharma and Mr. Nilanjan Dey, Advocates (Mob. 9432280612). versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Ms. Priyam Aggarwal & Mr. Abhinav Arya, Advs. along with SHO/Insp. Sukhbir Malik, SC Navneet and SC Prashant, P.S. Connaught Place. Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Advocates with Mr. Nikhil Kohli, Mr. Saket S., Mr. Kushank Garg, Ms. Sanskriti Santosh Gupta and Mr. Manish Singhal, Advocates for Complainant. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J.(ORAL) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CRL.M.A. 7933/2025 (for directions) 2. The present application has been filed by the Petitioner- Satinder Singh Bhasin under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA W.P.(CRL) 598/2025 Page 1 of 8 DHYANI Signing Date:20.03.2025 20:00:42 2023, seeking various reliefs as recorded in the judgment dated 20th February, 2025. This is a case where a habeas corpus petition was filed by the Petitioner who was stated to have been taken from Delhi by the Uttar Pradesh (hereinafter as ‘U.P.’) Police without following the prescribed procedure. 3. This Court had taken serious note of the conduct of U.P. Police and, on 20th February, 2025 passed various directions as under: “15. The Court had thus directed that the Petitioner, if not released on bail by the ld. Magistrate in Noida, he shall be produced before this Court. Delhi Police was also directed to produce the CCTV footage. 16. Today, Mr. Mittal, ld. Counsel appearing for