CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION vs NEERAJ KUMAR

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of order: 4th March, 2025. CRL.REV.P. 1194/2023 & CRL.M.A. 30434/2023 CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ravi Sharma, SPP with Mr. Swapnil Choudhary, Mr. Ishann Bhardwaj, Mr. Sagar and Ms. Madhulika Raj Sharma, Advocates. versus NEERAJ KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tushar Agarwal, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Mr. Arun Kumar, Mr. Abhiswhek Mahal and Ms. Tripti Roy, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH ORDER CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 397 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter “CrPC”) [now Section 438 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter “BNSS”)], challenging the order dated 12th July, 2023 (hereinafter “impugned order”) passed by the learned Special Judge (PC Act), Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi (hereinafter “Trial Court”), whereby, the learned Trial Court directed the preservation of Call Detail Records (hereinafter “CDR”) and location data of CBI officials and independent witnesses in connection with FIR No. RC-DAI-2022-A-0032, 2. The case arose out of a comp