SONU vs CENTRAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 18th December, 2024 Pronounced on: 17th February, 2025 CRL.M.C. 1309/2023 & CRL.M.A. 5010/2023 SONU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hitender Kapur and Mr. Yatin, Advocates versus CENTRAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, SPP with Ms Mishika Pandita and Mr Mohd Changez Ali Khan, Advs. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH JUDGMENT CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter “CrPC”) [now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter “BNSS”)], seeking setting aside of the order dated 27th January, 2023 (hereinafter “impugned order”) passed by the learned Special Judge (PC Act), Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi (hereinafter “ASJ/Trial Court”) in CC No. 104/2019 arising out of R.C. No. 16A/2017. FACTUAL MATRIX 2. On 7thApril, 2017, the Deputy General Manager, Bank of Baroda, New Delhi, lodged a complaint before Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, Anti-Corruption Branch regarding the financial 3. Based on the bank‟s complaint, the respondent registered R.C. No