ARVIND DHAM vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 19.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 544/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 262/2025 INTERIM BAIL ARVIND DHAM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sumer Singh Boparai, Mr. Shambhu K. Thakur, Mr. Ayush Puri, Mr. Abhihsek Singh, Mr. Sirhaan Seth, Mr. Sidhant Saraswat, Mr. Surya Pratap Singh, Mr. Abhilash Kumar Pathak, Mr. Talib Mustafa, Mr. Khanav Madnani, Ms. Sanskriti S. Gupta, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel and Mr. Manish Jain, Special Counsel with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel with Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi, Mr. Rakesh Jourawal, Advocates. CORAM: Page 1 of 29 BAIL APPLN. 544/2025 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:19.08.2025 19:03:43 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. That the present application is being preferred under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] read with Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [“PMLA”] for grant of regular bail on behalf of Mr. Arvind Dham [“Petitioner”] who has been arraigned as Accused No. 1 in ECIR/GNZO/13-14/2024 and ECIR/GNZO/14/2024 arising out of FIRs having RC No. RC2202022E00199 dated 29.12.2022 and RC No. RC22322A009 dated 21.12.2022 which were registered by CBI, AC-V, New Delhi. Petitioner filed a bail application before the Ld. Special Judge, which was dismissed vide order dated 21.01.2025. Brief Background 2. The present proceedings arise out of an ECIR registered by the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) pursuant to large-scale allegations of financial mismanagement, fraud, and money laundering within the Amtek Group of companies, including Amtek Auto Lt