NewsClick Case | SC Judgment In 'Pankaj Bansal' On Informing Grounds Of Arrest In Writing Not Applicable To UAPA: Delhi High Court https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-supreme-court-pankaj-bansal-uapa-grounds-of-arrest-newsclick-prabir-240075
directing ED to inform grounds of arrest in writing to the accused , cannot be said to be squarely applicable to a case arising under UAPA. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that under UAPA, the grounds of arrest need to be informed to the arrestee within 24 hours of such arrest, however furnishing of such grounds in written are not mandated under the enactment.
Thus, the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in Pankaj Bansal (supra) while relying upon V. Senthil Balaji (supra) which was purely in relation to the provisions of PMLA cannot, by any stretch of imagination, be made applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the cases arising under UAPA,”