Delhi High Court issued guidelines for the protection of witnesses in

In Neelam Katara v Union of India, the Delhi High Court issued witness-protection guidelines on 14 October 2003. The Law Commission reproduces the guidelines, including assessment of threats and protective measures for witnesses in serious offences. The other named cases do not identify these particular 2003 guidelines.

Current law: Mahender Chawla (2018) subsequently made the Witness Protection Scheme 2018 operative and binding. BNSS section 398 now requires each State Government to prepare and notify a witness-protection scheme; the new procedural code generally commenced on 1 July 2024, subject to section 531 savings.