Court On Its Own Motion v. Pankaj Kumar And ANR.

$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS.(CRL) 19/2025 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION .....Petitioner Through:

versus PANKAJ KUMAR AND ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr. Arjit Sharma, Ms.

Sakshi Jha, Advs. for the State.

Mr. Archit Upadhayay, Mr.

Piyush Gautam, Ms. Lakshita Yadav and Ms.

Muskan Aggarwal, Advs.

Respondent no. 1 & 2 in-person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

O R D E R

% 16.01.2026 1.

The instant contempt petition has been registered on contempt reference dated 27th August, 2025, received from the Court of the learned Link JMFC, South East District, New Delhi, alleging that the SHO, P.S. Hazrat Nizamuddin (respondent no. l) and I.O., S.I. Chanchal (respondent no.2) had arrested the accused in FIR No.237/2025 in violation of the directions of the Supreme Court passed in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar & Anr., AIR 2014 SC 2756, and Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. [SLP (Crl.) No.5191/2021].

2.

The respondents have filed their respective affidavits tendering The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/01/2026 at 12:17:22

unconditional and unqualified apology to the Court. The respondents are also personally present before the Court to tender their unconditional and unqualified apology.

3.

The apology appears to be genuine, and, therefore is accepted by this Court.

4.

Warning the respondents to be more careful in future, the contempt reference is, therefore, closed.

NAVIN CHAWLA, J RAVINDER DUDEJA, J JANUARY 16, 2026/gs/sk/Yg The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/01/2026 at 12:17:22