RAVI MOHAN SHARMA vs C.B.I.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 20.03.2025 + CRL.M.C. 7/2025 RAVI MOHAN SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pramod Kumar Dubey, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Nishank Mattoo, Ms. Pinky Dubey, Mr. Prince Kumar, Mr. Ramachandruni B. Siddhartha, Ms. Swati, Mr. Rishabh Munjal and Ms. Tanya Sharma, Advs. versus C.B.I. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ravi Sharma SPP, CBI, Mr. Swapnil Choudhary, Mr. Ishann Bhardwaj, Mr. Sagar and Ms. Madhulika Rai Sharma, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. CRL.M.C. 7/2025 & CRL.M.A. 69/2025 (stay) 1. The petitioner assails the order dated 16.12.2024 [hereafter „the impugned order‟] passed by the learned Special Judge (PC Act)/CBI-11, Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi [hereafter „the Trial Court‟] in CC No. 264/2019, titled „CBI vs. Ravi Mohan Sharma & Ors.‟ CRL.M.C. 7/2025 Page 1 of 29 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:22.03.2025 19:01:59 2. Issue notice. Mr. Ravi Sharma, the learned SPP accepts notice on behalf of the CBI. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 3. Background facts of the case are that a case bearing RC-11(A)/ 2014/CBI/AC-III/New Delhi was registered on 22.10.2014 by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation [hereafter „CBI‟] under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] and Sections 7, 11, and 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [hereafter „PC Act‟]. The FIR contained allegations that petitioner i.e. accused no. 1, Ravi Mohan Sharma, a public servant, while serving as Director, Traffic Transportation (Coaching-1), Railway Board, Government of India, had entered into a criminal conspiracy with certain private individuals and facilitated the hi