VED PRAKASH AGGARWAL vs CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 28th March, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 5141/2023 & CRL. M.A. 19522/2023 VED PRAKASH AGGARWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Yugant Sharma, Advocate. versus CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ...Respondent Through: Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, SPP with Mr.Kushagra Kumar and Mr. Abhinav Bhardwaj and Mr. Vishal Baliyan, Advocates for CBI. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH JUDGMENT CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. 1. The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter “CrPC”) [now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter “BNSS”) has been filed on behalf of the petitioner against the order dated 9th March, 2023 passed by the learned Special Judge, Rouse Avenue District Court, Delhi in CC NO. 161/2019. 2. The petitioner had filed an application under Section 207 of the CrPC before the learned Special Judge, seeking the supply of two crucial documents relied upon by the CBI in the charge sheet, i.e., an email dated CRL.M.C. 5141/2023 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 2 Digitally Signed By:PRAVEEN KUMAR BABBAR Signing Date:01.04.2025 14:49:57 25th June, 2014 sent by Mr. Pankaj Bansal of M/s Altius Finserve Pvt. Ltd., and the data of the voice spectrographic analysis labeled as “D-48.” 3. The learned Special Judge directed the Director of Central Forensic Science Laboratory, CBI, to appoint a qualified expert to demonstrate the process of voice sample examination in court, however later, vide the impugned order dated 9th May, 2023, while the request for supply of the email was accepted, the request for supplying the voice spectrographic analysis data was rejected. Aggreived by the said order, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of the present petition. 4.