Panchkula, June 6 -- A special CBI court in Panchkula has declared the arrest of Tanoj Yadav, superintendent in the anti-evasion branch of CGST Faridabad, and Aakash Rohilla, a data entry operator, as illegal. The court ordered their immediate release, citing the CBI's failure to provide them with written grounds of arrest at the time of their detention on June 3. CBI special judge Rajeev Goyal dismissed the agency's remand application and underscored that the arrest violated legal procedure. Referring to Supreme Court and high court rulings, the judge said that supplying written grounds for arrest is essential to ensure the accused can consult legal counsel, challenge custody, and seek bail. "The written grounds for arrest were not given to the accused, which is a violation of their legal rights. Therefore, the arrests are illegal, and the accused must be released immediately," the court observed. The arrests followed a bribery case registered by the CBI on June 2 under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The case was based on a complaint by Manoj Malik of Ballabhgarh, who alleged that officials from the CGST Faridabad office visited his wife's firm on May 29, threatened to issue a Rs.1.78 crore GST notice for bogus documents, and demanded a Rs.50 lakh bribe-later agreed to Rs.10 lakh....