CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGTATION vs SH. DEEPAK PURI & ANR.

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$~27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision:15th April, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 1926/2021 CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGTATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anupam S. Sharma, SPP for CBI. versus SH. DEEPAK PURI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Mr. Rachit Bansal, Mr. Ketan Kumar Roy, Mr. Aditya Choudhary, Mr. Yash Agrawal, Mr. Kartikay Kumar, Ms. Muskan Aggarwal, Ms. Barkha Rastogi and Mr Shekhar Pathak, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘CrPC’) has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner, CBI for setting-aside the impugned Order dated 06.04.2021, vide which the learned Special Judge (PC Act), CBI-18, Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi, has dismissed the Application of CBI, for issuance of Look Out Circular (LOC) against the Respondent No. 1- Deepak Puri and Respondent No. 2 – Neeta Puri. 2. The Respondent No. 1- Deepak Puri has died and the proceedings qua him stand abated. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 1926/2021 Page 1 of 5 By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:17.04.2025 18:17:04 3. It is submitted that RC No. BD1/2019/E/0006, was registered by CBI/BSFB on 17.08.2019 under Section 120B read with Section 420/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (‘PC Act’ hereinafter) against M/s Moser Baer India Ltd., Respondent No. 1-Mr. Deepak Puri, Respondent No.2 - Ms. Neeta Puri, Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Vineet Sharma, Mr. Ratul Puri and certain other unknown public servants and private persons. A request for opening of LOC was issued by the CBI against the Respondents, Mr. Deepak Pu