SATYA PRAKASH RAVIDAS vs STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09th September, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 2399/2025 SATYA PRAKASH RAVIDAS .....Petitioner Through: In person. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Behri, APP for State. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN MANOJ JAIN, J (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for tracing, rescuing and liberating one Sh. Atma Ram. 2. According to the petitioner, Sh. Atma Ram was an accountant and Bal Brahmchari and is, allegedly, missing from the premises of Raj Vidya Kender, Chhatarpur, where he used to work. 3. During course of the arguments, when asked, petitioner submitted that he met said Sh. Atma Ram, lastly, in the year 1987 and that he had no contact with him since 1988. Despite persistently asking about the reason behind belatedly filing of the present petition, no explanation, much less a plausible one, could be offered by him. 4. When this petition was taken up on 04.08.2025, he was directed to file Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(CRL) 2399/2025 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:11.09.2025 16:19:51 a fresh affidavit disclosing about his association with Sh. Atma Ram and was also asked to divulge about the other complaints/litigations, which might have been pursued by him in relation to Sh. Atma Ram. In compliance thereof, he has filed an affidavit in which he has deposed that he was, directly and professionally, associated with Sh. Atma Ram in his capacity as his colleague in Raj Vidya Kender where Sh. Atma Ram was serving as an Accountant. According to him, Sh. Atma Ram was the key custodian of financial records of Ashra