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2024 Supreme(SC) 1253

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
M.M. SUNDRESH, ARAVIND KUMAR, JJ.
Satender Kumar Antil – Appellant
Versus
Central Bureau Of Investigation & Anr. - Respondents
Miscellaneous Application No. 2034/2022 in MA 1849/2021 in SLP(Crl) No. 5191/2021
Decided on : 06-08-2024

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv./AC, Mr. Akbar Siddique, AOR, Mr. Ayush Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Karl P Rustomkhan, Adv., Mr. Suhail ahmed, Adv., Mr. Parv K Garg, Adv. Mr. Parwez Akhtar, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohd Osama, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mrs. Aishwariya Bahti, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Sairica S Raju, Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv. Mr. Mohd Akhil, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Tacho Eru, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Pahwa, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Piyush Yadav, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Singh, Adv. Mr. Alok Sahay, Adv. Mr. Vikram Choudhary, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Singh, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Kriti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv. Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, AOR Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Aman, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Bansal, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Geol, Adv. Mr. Jesal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. Pragya Bhagel, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Priya Balakrishnan, Adv. Ms. Samyuktha H Nair, Adv. Mr. Maibam Nabaghanashyam Singh, AOR Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, AOR Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Himanshi Shakya, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv. Mr. Tushar Nair, Adv. Mr. Nalin Kohli, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. Ms. Shalini Singh, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Shubamm Sharmma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Shishir Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. R.N. Pareek, Adv. Mr. Baij Nath Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ankur Parihar, Adv. Mr. Jagmohan Pareek, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv. Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, Adv. Ms. Aanchal, Adv. Mr. Akhil Hasija, Adv. Mr. Gurjas Singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sarathraj B, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR Mr. Ankur Parihar, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ekta Muyal, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv. Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. R.rajaselvan, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv. Ms. Vishakha, AOR Mr. Ashish Batra, AOR Mr. Somanadri Goud Katam, AOR Ms. Neha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Sirajuddin, Adv. Mr. Shakir, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Srujana Suman Mund, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Akshat Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Sahay, AOR Mr. Aditiya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anupam Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Mohd Ashaab, Adv. Mr. Aditya Jain, AOR Ms. Srika Selvam, Adv. Mr. Amit Gupta, AOR Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav, Adv.
MR. AKBAR SIDDIQUE, ADVOCATE (AC) Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Advocate for high court of karnataka; Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Advocate for high court of jharkhand; Mr. P.I. Jose, Advocate for gauhati high court; Mr. Arjun Garg, Advocate for high court of madhya pradesh; Mr. Amit Gupta, Advocate for high court of delhi; Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Advocate for high court of meghalaya; Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, Advocate for high court of Orissa,Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Advocate for State of Arunachal Pradesh, Mr.Somanadri Gaud Katam, Advocate for High Court of Telengana; Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Advocate for the State of Maharashtra; Mr. Ankur Prakash, Advocate for the State of Uttarakhand; M/s Arputham Aruna, Mr. Debojit Borkakati, Advocate for the State of Assam, Mr. S.N.Terdol, Advocate for the State of Ladakh,Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Advocate for the State of Meghalaya, Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate for the State of Bihar,Mr. Mahfooz A.Nazki, Advocate for the State of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Maibam N.Singh, Advocate for the High Court of Manipur, Mr. Prashant S.Kenjale, Advocate for the High Court of Bombay, Mr. Ajay Pal, Advocate for the State of Punjab, Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocate for High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Advocate for the State of Kerala,Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Advocate for the State of Orissa, Mr. Pradeep Mishra, Advocate for the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mrs. Swati Ghildiyal,Advocate for the State of Gujarat, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar,Advocate for the Government of Manipur, Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Advocate for the State of Goa, Mr. Anupam Raina, Advocate for the High Court of Jammu,Mr. Sunny Choudhary, Advocate for State of Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Advocate for High Court of Himachal Paradesh, Ms. K.Enatoli Sem, Advocate for State of Nagalanad,Mr. R.Ayyam Perumal, Advocate for State of Madras, Ms. Pallavi Langar, Advocate Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Sameer Abhayankar, Advocate for Stae of Sikkim, Mr. Aravindh S.Advocate of U.T. Pudducherry, Ms. D.Bharthi Reddy, Advocate for High Court of Uttrakhand,Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Advocate for High Court of Jharkhand, Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Advocate for High Court of Patna, Mr. Aproo Kurup, Advocate for High Court of Chhatisgarh, Mr. Nikhil Goel, Advocate for High Court of Gujarat, Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate for High Court of Tripura,, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, Advocate for State of Rajasthan,, Mr. Shailesh Mandiyal, Advocate for U.T. J and K, Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, Advocate for state of Goa, Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate for State of Haryana,Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Advocate for State of Tripura, Ms. Manish Ambwani, Advocate for High Court of Rajasthan, Mr. Kunal Chatterjee, Advocate for High Court of Calcutta, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Advocate for High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Mr. Aproov Shukla, Advocate for High Court of Allahabad, Mr. Nirnimesh Dubey, Advocate for state of Mizoram, Mr. Joseph Aristotle S. Advocate for State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Vishal Prasad, Advocate for State of Chhattisgarh,Ms. Astha Sharma, Advocate for State of West Bengal, Mr. Raghuvendra Srivastava, Advocate for High Court of Karnataka,Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhary, Advocate for State of Telengana,Mr. S.N.Terdol,Advocate forState of Daman & Diu.Mr. T.G.N.Nair, Advocate for High Court of Kerala,Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Advocate for State of Kerala, Mr. Arvind S.Advocate for state of Pudducherry, Mr. Mudit Gupta, Advocate state of Himachal Pradesh, Ms. Saroj Tripathi,Advocate,Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, Advocate for High Court of Sikkim, Mr. Shibashish Misra, Advocate for High Court of Orissa, Mr. Kumar Mihir, Advocate for the High Court of Manipur. )

The court emphasizes the necessity for compliance with directions regarding Undertrial Prisoners and the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures as per established legal precedents.

Headnote:(A) Compliance of directions issued by the court regarding Undertrial Prisoners (UTPs) and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) laid down in Satender Kumar Antil vs. CBI & Anr., (2022) 10 SCC 51, is emphasized. The court expresses concern over non-compliance by various States and High Courts, directing them to ensure adherence to the SOP for UTPs and to report on actions taken against erring officers. (Paras A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

(B) The court mandates that all High Courts and States/UTs must comply with the SOP for UTPs, ensuring that those eligible for bail are released promptly. The court also highlights the need for an Institutional Monitoring Mechanism to oversee compliance with its directions. (Paras F, G)

Judgement Key Points

No judgments were overruled in this judgment.

ORDER :

A. Heard learned Amicus Curiae, Sh. Siddharth Luthra, and the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties. It is very unfortunate that despite more than sufficient time being given, some of the parties have still not complied with the directions issued by this court vide earlier orders dt. 11.07.2022, 03.02.2023, 21.03.2023, 02.05.2023 & 13.02.2024 by duly filing their respective compliance affidavits.

B. Learned counsels appearing for the non-complying parties have once again made a fervent plea that due compliance will definitely be made by the next date of hearing. Considering the aforesaid submission, we wish to give one last and final opportunity, and are deferring from passing any adverse orders. We make it clear that if due compliance is not made and reported by the next date of hearing, the consequence would follow.

C. The learned Amicus has filed reports dt. 03.08.2024 & 05.08.2024 before this Court after a detailed analysis of the Affidavits/Reports filed by the States, Union Territories (hereinafter referred to as UTs) and the High Courts, that were filed in pursuance to the directions passed by this Court vide order dt.13.02.2024

D. It is submitted that subsequently, some of the States/UTs and High Courts have filed their respective Affidavits and Additional Affidavits which have already been compiled and filed separately. As a consequence of the Affidavits so filed, directions may be issued to the respective States/UTs and High Courts who are yet to comply with the directions of this Court as issued earlier vide orders dt. 11.07.2022, 03.02.2023, 21.03.2023, 02.05.2023 & 13.02.2024.

E. The learned Amicus also submitted that apart from the directions sought for against the High Courts and States/UTs, general directions may be issued with respect to Undertrial Prisoners (hereinafter referred to as UTPs) so as to ensure that all the High Courts and States/UTs are in full compliance of the SOP for UTPs as laid down by this court vide order dt.13.02.2024. He further submitted that it is extremely unfortunate that UTPs despite getting bail, are not being released from the prison since no family member or friend is coming forward to stand as surety or furnish bonds on the UTP’s behalf.

F. We are in full agreement with the aforesaid submission, as it is indeed a palpable situation which continues to be faced by the UTPs. Further, directions are also required to be issued to set in place an Institutional Monitoring Mechanism to ensure full and complete compliance of not only the directions which have already been passed, but also those directions which may be passed by this Court in the future as well. Accordingly, it is directed as follows:

ii. NALSA shall suggest a policy for implementing the direction sought for by the Amicus in Para.14(b) of the Report dt. 03.08.2024;

iii. To ensure implementation of the mandate of Para.100.2 & 100.3 of Satender Kumar Antil vs. CBI & Anr., (2022) 10 SCC 51, the following directions must be carried out:

a. Every Magistrate and/or Sessions Judge shall inform its jurisdictional Principal District Judge about any form of non-compliance of Para.100.2 or Para.100.3 of Satender Kumar Antil vs. CBI & Anr. (2022) 10 SCC 51, within 1 week of recording such non-compliance;

b. Every Principal District Judge shall maintain a record of details of such non-compliances received from the concerned Magistrates;

c. Every Principal District Judge upon receipt of details of non-compliance by the concerned Magistrate shall, on a monthly basis, forward the same to the Registrar General of the concerned High Court and to the Head of Police in the concerned District;

d. The Head of Police of the concerned District shall, upon receipt of detai

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2024 Supreme(SC) 1253

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAM.M. SUNDRESH, ARAVIND KUMAR, JJ.Satender Kumar Antil – AppellantVersusCentral Bureau Of Investigation & Anr. - RespondentsMiscellaneous Application No. 2034/2022 in MA 1849/2021 in SLP(Crl) No. 5191/2021Decided on : 06-08-2024

The court emphasizes the necessity for compliance with directions regarding Undertrial Prisoners and the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures as per established legal precedents.

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
M.M. SUNDRESH, ARAVIND KUMAR, JJ.
Satender Kumar Antil – Appellant
Versus
Central Bureau Of Investigation & Anr. - Respondents
Miscellaneous Application No. 2034/2022 in MA 1849/2021 in SLP(Crl) No. 5191/2021
Decided on : 06-08-2024