Overview
- The High Court order, dated April 1, grants interim protection to suspended superintendent Anil Kumar Gautam and bars his arrest in Case Crime No. 64 of 2026.
- Police may continue the investigation, and the judge restrained the investigating officer from filing a report before the magistrate under section 193(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
- The FIR was filed on February 2 by Jail Chowki in-charge Anurag Pandey after a complaint that Ravindra Singh, also known as Ravi Kana, was released before a custody warrant arrived.
- The complaint says Singh was produced by video conference on a B-warrant on January 29 and was then let go, which triggered the case against jail officials.
- The bench issued notices to the state and other respondents with six weeks to file replies, and the next hearing is set for May 27.