$~23 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 724/2026 AJAY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Karan Verma, Ms. Nayan Maggo, Mr. Yuvraj Singh, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Ms.Priyam Agarwal, Mr.Abhinav Kr. Arya, Mr.Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. for R-1 alongwith Insp.Praveen Kumar, SI Rajendra Kumar, ANTF/Crime Branch.

Mr.Neeraj Kumar, CGSC with Mr.Shashwat, Adv.for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON’BLE MS.JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN

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% 09.03.2026 CRL.M.A. 6852/2026 (Exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

W.P.(CRL) 724/2026

2. The present Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking for the following directions:

“a) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction declaring that the arrest and custodial interrogation of the Petitioner stand vitiated on account of the admitted non- compliance with the binding directions issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Paramvir Singh Saini vs. Baljit Singh & Ors., (2021) 1 SCC 184’ and reiterated in ‘In Re: Lack of Functional CCTVs in P