RAJU VERMA vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * 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 2.1 As per the investigation, Rajvinder Singh, who has since been compulsorily retired from service following disciplinary proceedings, was found to have fraudulently diverted public funds and embezzled funds of EIC from the year 2014-2019 while being an officer of EIC to the