SATENDER KUMAR ANTIL versus CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANR.

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether notices u/s.35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 are to be mandatorily issued in all cases, qua an offence punishable with imprisonment up to 7 years; absence of circumstances u/ss.35(1)(b)(i) and 35(1)(b)(ii) BNSS, 2023 existing, is an arrest by a police officer, qua an offence punishable with imprisonment up to 7 years, legally justified. Headnotes† Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 – ss.35(3), 35(1)(b)(i) and 35(1)(b)(ii)