Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal issued the discharge order on December 20, with details reported by media on December 24–25.
- The court found no admissible material beyond custodial statements, which do not qualify as evidence absent any consequent recovery.
- The investigating officer recorded in February 2024 that no separate incident was probed under this FIR and that it was opened only to examine an alleged revival effort.
- Reliance on 35 other case records and clerical witnesses failed to raise the required grave suspicion to frame charges under UAPA sections 18/20 and IPC section 120B.
- The court directed their release from judicial custody if not required elsewhere, while both continue to face proceedings in other cases.