Contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of directions for 24-hour PSO and beat constable visits granted in an earlier writ. Court directed continued compliance with the security arrangement, and that discontinuance requires service of the final threat assessment or a fresh application; petitioner free to seek continuation.
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STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Gupta, SPC, Mr. Vidur Dwivedi, Adv. for Delhi Police.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA
O R D E R % 13.03.2026
CM APPLs.15699/2026 and 15700/2026 (Exemption)
CONT.CAS(C) 403/2026 and CM APPL.15701/2026
“ 5. The learned ASC appearing on behalf of the State submits that a Personal Security Officer (hereafter ‘PSO’) has been proved to the petitioner herein during daytime, pending final threat assessment and passing of a final order by the DCP concerned.
6. The State is directed to ensure that a PSO is also deputed for the night time i.e., on a 24 hours basis with the petitioner herein.
7. The State is also directed to ensure that a beat constable will also go to the house of the present petitioner twice a day.
8. In view of the above, the learned counsel for the petitioner is satisfiedwith the above arrangements and seeks permission to withdraw the presentpetition.
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9. Accordingly, with above directions, the present petition standsdisposed of as withdrawn with liberty to approach this Court in case theneed so arises in future. ”
(ii) In case the respondent seeks to discontinue the arrangement, it shall be incumbent on the respondent to provide a copy of the final threat assessment to the petitioner and / or move an appropriate application in the concerned Court which passed the order dated 19.12.2025. Let the same be done within a period of four weeks from today;
(iii) It shall be open for the petitioner to initiate appropriate proceedings for continuation of the arrangement as contemplated in the order dated 19.12.2025, in case the same is sought to be discontinued by the respondent.
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application also stands disposed of.
SACHIN DATTA, J
MARCH 13, 2026/ cl
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the State could discontinue the personal security arrangement directed by the order dated 19.12.2025 without serving the final threat assessment on the petitioner.
Rajat Gupta
State
Sachin Datta
As recorded by the court registry
Proceedings for wilful disobedience of a court order under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971.
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