KULDEEP vs CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 23.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3886/2024 & CRL.M.A. 32117/2024 (stay) KULDEEP .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Advocate versus CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, SPP, CBI with Ms. Mehak Arora, Advocate with Pratik Kumar, PI, CBI CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in a case for offence under Section 61(2) of BNS and Sections 7, 7A, 8 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. 2. Broadly speaking, according to prosecution, on the basis of an information, CBI carried out a raid in the premises of Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad in which two public servants and three non-public servants were arrested on the spot. It is further alleged that the accused/applicant, who is a non-public servant, fled the spot. The role ascribed to the accused/applicant is that he was working as a tout for BAIL APPLN. 3886/2024 pages 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that no specific role has been assigned to the accused/applicant in the RC registered by CBI. It is also contended by learned counsel that the