Overview
- A division bench of Justices Siddhartha and Jai Krishna Upadhyay quashed the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s remand orders dated January 20 and 21.
- The court directed authorities to release Abhay Kumar forthwith and to comply immediately without waiting for a certified copy of the order.
- Kumar’s habeas corpus plea cited the High Court’s Umang Rastogi ruling and Supreme Court guidance in Mihir Rajesh to argue procedural non-compliance.
- Kumar was arrested on January 20 after an FIR over the death of 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned when his car plunged into a water-filled trench at an undeveloped Sector 150 site linked to Wiztown, with charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
- Two FIRs remain on record, including one under environmental and water-pollution laws, and the petition sought a departmental inquiry into police handling of the arrest.