RAJU VERMA vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 20 August, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2212/2025 RAJU VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Amit Bhatia, Mr. Unmukh Bhardwaj, Ms. Punya Rekha Angara, Ms. Vasundhara N., Mr. Aman Akhtar, Ms. Sana Singh, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Ms. Vasundhara Raj Tyagi, Mr. R. Ashok and Mr. Virender Mann, Advs. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shubhi Gupta, APP for the State CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present bail application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ["BNSS"] arising out of FIR bearing No. 19/2023, under Sections 420/409/477A/201/120B IPC registered at PS Economic Offences Wing, Delhi. 2. Briefly stated the facts of the present case are that on the complaint of Dr. J.S. Reddy, Additional Director, Export Inspection Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI BAIL APPLN. 2212/2025 Signing Date:20.08.2025 Page 1 of 10 18:03:53 Council ["EIC"], New Delhi, FIR no. 19/2023 was lodged wherein it was alleged that EIC Delhi noticed that a sum of Rs.55,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Five Lakhs) was diverted to a private entity namely M/s. BDS 3 Infracon Pvt. Ltd. by Mr. Rajvinder Singh- who was then serving as Deputy Director (Non-Technical) at EIC. Upon scrutiny of the accounts of the previous years, various such transactions were found where the funds of EIC were embezzled and payments were made to various private entities- showing significant financial irregularities and misappropriation of public funds having occurred during the tenure of Sh. Rajvinder Singh. 2.1 As per the investigation, Rajvinder Singh, who has since been compulsorily retired from service following disci