SACHIN DEV DUGGAL vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 22nd September, 2025 Pronounced on: 19th December, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 4362/2023 & CRL.M.A. 16540/2023, 16542/2023, 6462/2025 SACHIN DEV DUGGAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mohit Mathur, Senior Advocate with Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Ms. Sulakshan S. Vedartham, Ms. Khushboo Jain, Mr. Chetan Nagpal Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel, Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi and Mr. Daanish Abbasi, Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Mr. Navin Kumar and Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA JUDGMENT AMIT SHARMA, J. 1. The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘CrPC’) seeks the following prayers: - Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BHASKAR SINGH RAWAT CRL.M.C. 4362/2023 Page 1 of 49 Signing Date:20.12.2025 12:50:10 “A) That this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to set aside the order dated 09.06.2023 in Misc DJ ASJ 98/2023 thereby quashing non- bailable warrants as issued against the Petitioner vide order dated 10.02.2023 Misc DJ ASJ 35/2023 as being bad in law and all the proceedings emanating therefrom, And/or B) Pass such other or further order(s) as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case.” 2. The petitioner, who is a citizen of England, United Kingdom, has preferred the present petition challenging the impugned order dated 09.06.2023 whereby, the learned Special Judge, (PC Act), (CBI)-16, Rouse Avenue District Courts, declined to cancel the non-bailable warrants issued against the petitioner vide order dated 10.02.2023. BACKGROUND 3. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi