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The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) ordered the contiguous merchandise of Delhi-based advocator Vikram Singh, who was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Gurugram Police successful transportation with a execution case.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria passed the bid aft proceeding elder advocator Vikas Singh, who appeared for the lawyer.
The Court directed that Mr. Vikram Singh beryllium released forthwith connected furnishing a bail enslaved of ₹10,000, and listed the substance for further proceeding adjacent Wednesday (November 19).
The Bench directed the Registrar (Judicial) of the Supreme Court to pass the bid to Gurugram Police Commissioner for contiguous compliance.
At the outset, Mr. Vikas Singh, who is besides president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that anybody practising successful transgression instrumentality volition present beryllium susceptible to this benignant of coercive measures.
He said the arrested advocator was representing gangsters but this benignant of atrocities from constabulary against lawyers were impermissible.
Referring to a caller Supreme Court judgment, which held that each arrested idiosyncratic indispensable beryllium provided the grounds of apprehension successful penning successful a connection they understood irrespective of the quality of the offence involved, Mr. Vikas Singh alleged that the Special Task Force (STF) did not furnish the same.
The elder lawyer added that helium persuaded Delhi lawyers not to proceed their onslaught connected the contented arsenic a plea was filed successful the Supreme Court.
Taking enactment of the submissions, the Bench issued notices to Haryana and Delhi Governments and the Bar Council of India.
“The petitioner is an advocator and not apt to evade the process [of law]. Thus interim extortion is granted to merchandise the petitioner forthwith connected furnishing of bail bonds of ₹10,000. List the plea connected adjacent Wednesday [November 19]. Let the Registrar Judicial [of the Supreme Court] pass the bid to the Gurugram Police Commissioner,” the CJI said successful the order.
It took enactment of the counsel’s submissions that the STF officers were successful interaction with the arrested lawyer.
“The petitioner contends that he, connected the persuasion of ASI (Assistant Sub-Inspector), went to the constabulary station. However aft helium went, without furnishing him the grounds of arrest, helium was taken into custody,” the Bench said.
On November 6, barroom associations crossed Delhi territory courts abstained from enactment to protestation Mr. Vikram Singh’s mendacious accusation successful the execution case.
The petition successful Supreme Court seeks his contiguous merchandise and a judicial probe into the STF’s alleged amerciable action.
The plea has besides sought a absorption to quash each transgression proceedings against the petitioner successful transportation with the lawsuit registered nether Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25 of the Arms Act.
Mr. Vikram Singh, an advocator enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi since July 2019, is presently lodged successful Faridabad Jail.
“In the people of his nonrecreational duties, the petitioner has represented respective clients successful transgression cases betwixt 2021 and 2025, including persons alleged to person connections with 1 Kapil Sangwan @ Nandu. All specified representations were undertaken purely successful the discharge of his nonrecreational obligations and successful conformity with the Advocates Act and the standards of nonrecreational ethics...
“However, alternatively of respecting the independency of the Bar, the investigating bureau has sought to criminalise the petitioner’s nonrecreational relation with his clients, thereby undermining the regularisation of instrumentality and the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship,” the plea said.
It said the lawyer was targeted aft filing an exertion earlier a tribunal alleging custodial battle connected 1 of his clients, Jyoti Prakash alias “Baba”, who reportedly suffered a limb fracture portion successful STF custody.
“The retaliatory enactment by the investigating bureau culminated successful my amerciable arrest,” the petition said.
It said Vikram Singh was arrested connected October 31 without a written grounds of apprehension oregon autarkic witnesses, successful usurpation of Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution.
On November 1, a proceedings tribunal successful Faridabad remanded Mr. Vikram Singh to judicial custody for 14 days by a mechanical and non-speaking order, devoid of immoderate reasoning oregon worldly connecting him to alleged offences, it said.
