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SC Restores Protection from Arrest for Wildlife SOS CEO in Leopard Poaching Case
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News18•22-09-2026, 19:30
SC Restores Protection from Arrest for Wildlife SOS CEO in Leopard Poaching Case
- •The Supreme Court has reinstated protection from arrest for Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS, in an alleged leopard poaching case.
- •A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S Chandurkar directed Satyanarayan to appear before forest authorities on September 28 at 11 am and cooperate with the investigation.
- •The order came after Satyanarayan challenged a Madhya Pradesh High Court decision that had withdrawn his interim protection from arrest.
- •The Madhya Pradesh High Court had previously dismissed petitions and withdrawn protection, citing Satyanarayan's alleged failure to cooperate and suppression of a third summons and arrest warrant.
- •Wildlife SOS maintains that its anti-poaching unit assisted authorities in uncovering the alleged racket and that seeking legal protection does not equate to refusing cooperation.
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The Supreme Court restored protection from arrest to Wildlife SOS CEO Kartick Satyanarayan after he challenged a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that had withdrawn his interim protection in an alleged leopard poaching case involving 10 leopards across Sheopur and Morena districts.
The Supreme Court bench directed Kartick Satyanarayan to appear before the forest authorities at 11 am on September 28 and fully co-operate with the ongoing investigation.
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department alleged that Kartick Satyanarayan had suppressed a third summons and an arrest warrant issued against him, and failed to join the investigation into the poaching of 10 leopards across the Sheopur and Morena districts.
