Court on Its Own Motion v. Pankaj Kumar and Anr.
Contempt (suo motu) – arrest in violation of Arnesh Kumar / Satender Kumar Antil directions – apology accepted
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, CONT.CAS.(CRL) 19/2025, Court on its own motion v. Pankaj Kumar and Anr.; bench: Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja; order dated 16.01.2026. Suo motu contempt reference dated 27.08.2025 from Link JMFC, South East District, New Delhi, alleging arrest of the accused in FIR No.237/2025 by SHO, P.S. Hazrat Nizamuddin (respondent no.1) and I.O., S.I. Chanchal (respondent no.2) in violation of Supreme Court directions in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (AIR 2014 SC 2756) and Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (SLP (Crl.) No.5191/2021). Respondents tendered unconditional and unqualified apology by affidavits and in person; apology accepted as genuine; respondents warned to be more careful in future; contempt reference closed. Keywords: contempt reference, JMFC, Arnesh Kumar, Satender Kumar Antil, arrest, apology accepted, warning, reference closed.
What did the court decide?
Apology of the respondents accepted; respondents warned to be more careful in future; contempt reference closed.