ORDER

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

CRL.M.A. 9428/2024

2. Application stands disposed of.

3. The petitioner has approached this Court by way of present writ petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C’), through which following reliefs has been sought by the petitioner:

W.P.(CRL) 985/2024 & CRL.M.A. 9427/2024 “A. In consonance with the principles laid to rest by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, inter alia, in its latest locus classicus ‘Pankaj Bansal Versus Union Of India And Others 2023 SCC Online Sc 1244’, hold and declare the arrest of the petitioner at the hands of Respondent to be wholly non-est, illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently set aside and quash the entire proceedings relating thereto including arrest order dated 21.03.2024 as a gross and blatant abuse of the process of law as well as perversion of power and authority is writ large thereby, infringing the petitioner’s fundamental rights as guaranteed under articles 14, 19, 21 and 22(1) & (2) of the Constitution of India;

B. Quash and set aside the order dated 22.03.2024 passed by the Special Judge