SHABIR MOMIN & ANR. vs STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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$~J- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment delivered on: 29.05.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 3845/2025 & CRL.M.A. 34762/2025, CRL.M.A. 4526/2026 SHABIR MOMIN & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Jayant K. Sud, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Samarjit G. Pattnaik, Mr. Sahib Kochhar, Ms. Kashish Seth, Mr. Gaurav Vutts, Mr. Aryan Mishra, Advocates for P-1. Mr. Ujjawal Anand Sharma with Mr. Prashant Sivarajan, Mr. Tushar Saigal and Ms. Shweta Divedi, Advocates for P-2. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC for State with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Mr. Manan Wadhwa and Mr. Nitish Dhawan, Advocates. Mr Hrishikesh Baruah, Mr. Kumar Kshitij, Mr Sundeep Goel, Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Ms. Pragya Agarwal, Ms. Nishtha Sachan, Mr. Yashaswy Ghosh and Ms. Simran Dhingra, Advocate for R-2 and 3. HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J U D G M E N T ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J. By way of the present petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) the petitioners seek setting- Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS RAWAT Signing W.P.(CRL) 3845/2025 Page 1 of 16 Date:29.05.2026 15:23 aside of order dated 06.11.2025 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, New Delhi District, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi (‘CJM’), whereby travel restrictions have been imposed upon the petitioners requiring them to seek prior permission of the learned Magistrate before travelling abroad. 2. Notice on the present petition was issued on 21.11.2025; pursuant to which Status Report dated 06.02.2026 has been filed by the State; and Reply dated 29.11.2025 alongwith an additional affidavit dated 10.03.2026 have been filed by respondents Nos. 2 and 3. Written submissi