2024 INSC 888
Criminal Appeal No. 388-389 of 2024 Page 1 of 21
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 388-389 OF 2024
SONU AGNIHOTRI …APPELLANT
VERSUS
CHANDRA SHEKHAR & ORS. …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
ABHAY S. OKA, J. 1. The appellant is serving as an Additional District and
Sessions Judge in Delhi judicial service. The appellant has
preferred these appeals for expunging adverse
findings/remarks recorded against him in paragraphs 13
and 14 of the first impugned order dated 2nd March 2023
by the Delhi High Court. The appellant moved an
application before the Delhi High Court for expunging the
remarks in paragraphs 11 to 14 of the first impugned order
dated 2nd March 2023. By an order dated 9th May 2023,
the said application was rejected by the High Court. This
is the second impugned order.
Criminal Appeal No. 388-389 of 2024 Page 2 of 21
FACTUAL ASPECTS
2. The appellant was dealing with an application for
anticipatory bail filed by one Vikas Gulati @ Vicky in FIR
No.221/2022 registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 380 and 411 read with Section 34 of the Indian
Penal Code (for short, ‘the IPC’) with Defence Colony Police
Station. The appellant had earlier rejected another
application for anticipatory bail made by co-accused
Sunita and Raj Bala on 2...