ITEM NO.24 COURT NO.16 SECTION II-D
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s).2969/2026
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-08-2025 in WPC No.7056/2023 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi]
RAKESH BABU Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
IA No. 49971/2026 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 49968/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
Date : 20-02-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Vinay Kumar Aherodiya, Adv. Ms. Sonu Kumari, Adv. Ms. Prity Raj, Adv. Mr. Shiv Kumar Raghunath Golwalkar, Adv. Mr. Surya Pratap Deva, Adv. Mr. Jugul Kishor Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) :
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1. Mr. Vinay Kumar Aherodiya, learned counsel appearing for the
petitioner submits that the General Security Force Court under the
Border Security Force Act, 1968 (for short, “the BSF Act”) could
not have tried the pe...