DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT vs GAUTAM KHAITAN

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 27th August, 2025 Pronounced on: 17th November, 2025 + CRL.M.C.2711/2021 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Director of Enforcement Government of India, Delhi Zonal Office-II, 1st & 2nd Floor, MTNL Building, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi ......Petitioner Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel, Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel and Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi and Mr. Kunal Kochar, Advocates. Versus SHRI GAUTAM KHAITAN S/o Shri O.P. Khaitan R/o N-12, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017. Also at: M/s O.P. Khaitan & Co. B-1, Khaitan House, Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Block B, Defence Colony, New Delhi-110024 .....Respondent Through: Mr. Siddharth Luthra & Mr. Madhav Khurana, Senior Advocates with Mr. Ramadity Tiwari, Ms.Roopa Dayal and Mr. Subham Jindal, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 2711/2021 Page 1 of 22 Digitally Signed By:ANIL KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:19.11.2025 10:46:59 NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. A Petition under Section 482 read with Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the Petitioner/Directorate of Enforcement (ED) seeking to set aside the Impugned Order dated 02.03.2021 of the Ld. Special Judge, PC Act, New Delhi, which dismissed the ED‟s Application for Cancellation of Bail granted to the Respondent/Gautam Khaitan vide Order dated 09.01.2015. 2. Brief facts, leading to filing of the present Petition are that RC No. 217 2013 A0003 was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 12.03.2013, under Section 120-B read with 420 IPC and Sections 7, 8, 9, 12, 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. This case was filed against several individuals and entities, concerning the Agusta Westland Internat