VIKAS CHAWLA @ VICKY vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~J- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 28th March, 2025 CRL.M.C. 4845/2024 & CRL.M.A. 18207/2024, CRL.M.A. 18283/2024 VIKAS CHAWLA @ VICKY .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Rebecca M. John, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vishal Gosain, Mr. Arun Khatri, Mr. Sahil Khurana, Mr. Pravir Singh and Ms. Anushka Barua, Advocates. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG with Mr. Aman Usman, APP, Mr. Akhand Pratap Singh, Mr. Nishank Tripathi, Mr. Nishant Tripathi, Ms. Harshita Sukhija, Ms. Samriddhi and Ms. Palak Jain, Advocates. Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr. Arjit Sharma, Mr. Nikunj Bindal and Ms. Charu Sharma, Advocates. Insp. Ajay Yadav, P.S.: IGI Airport. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J U D G M E N T ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J. In what is arguably the most celebrated dissent in the history of Indian jurisprudence, it was said : “… … The history of personal liberty, we must bear in mind, is largely the history of insistence upon procedure. … …” (H.R. Khanna, J. in ADM, Jabalpur vs. Shivakant Shukla1) 1 (1976) 2 SCC 521 at para 583 2. By way of the present petition filed under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proce