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$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010476472026 + W.P.(CRL) 3122/2026 BALWINDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Maulshree Pathak, Mr. Pravir Singh, Ms. Anushka Baruah and Mr. Anand Kumar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shubham Goyal, GP for R- 1/UOI Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC (Criminal) along with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Mr. Nitish Dhawan and Mr. Anshul Sharma, Advocates for R-2 to 4/State Ms.Shilpa Surgh, SPP, NIA with Mr. Prateek Thube, SP, NIA, Mr. Priyam Agrawal, Adv. for R-5 Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh, Dy Suptd., Mr. Pawan Kumar, Supdt., Mr. Devakinandan, Asstt. Supdt. From Tihar Jail No. 5
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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN BHARDWAJ O R D E R %
01.10.2026 CRL.M.A. 31060/2026 (Exemption)
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. This is a digitally signed order. 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 05/10/2026 at 11:34:03
W.P.(CRL) 3122/2026
2. This is a Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) praying for issuance of a direction in the nature of Habeas Corpus for the immediate release of the detenu, namely, Jagtar Singh Johal @ Jaggi.
3. The petitioner is praying to set the detenu at liberty in compliance with and in terms of the judgment dated 18.09.2026 read with the order dated 21.09.2026 passed in CRL. A. 493/2023 and connected appeals, whereby this Court had directed the release of the detenu on bail in RC No. 18/2017/N.I.A/DLI and connected RCs as mentioned in the said judgment, subject to the conditions mentioned therein.
4. Learned Additional Standing Counsel for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4, on instructions from the Jail Superintendent who is present in person, submits that the process of releasing the detenu on bail, in terms of the above-mentioned judgment and the subsequent order, is under process. On compliance with all the conditions set out in the
judgment, the detenu shall be released on bail today itself.
5. Recording the above, the present petition is, accordingly,
disposed of.
NAVIN CHAWLA, J ARUN BHARDWAJ, J OCTOBER 1, 2026/tp/as This is a digitally signed order. 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 05/10/2026 at 11:34:03