SALLAHUDDIN ZEINNUDDIN SHEIKH vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.04.2026 + CRL.M.C. 2849/2026, CRL.M.A. 11588/2026, CRL.M.A. 11589/2026 & CRL.M.A. 11587/2026 SALLAHUDDIN ZEINNUDDIN SHEIKH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Trideep Pais, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Akshat Gupta, Advocate (both through videoconferencing). versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel with Mr. Kanishk Maurya and Mr. Ch. Abhinandan Patra, Advocates. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner, facing trial for offence under Section 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has assailed order dated 27.02.2026 of the learned trial court whereby his application under Section 230/231 BNSS for supply of hardcopy or digital copy of the Relied Upon Documents (RUD-44 and RUD-45) was dismissed. 2. Learned counsel for Directorate of Enforcement appearing on advance intimation accepts notice and submits that it is only a part of RUD-44 and CRL.M.C. 2849/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569a f3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT Signature Not Verified OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, KATHPALIA st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996 b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2026.04.16 06:15:56 -07'00' By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:16.04.2026 18:18:17 RUD-45 that has been relied upon by the Directorate of Enforcement for the purposes of framing charge and those relied upon portions have already been supplied to the petitioner. It is further submitted by learned counsel for Directorate of Enforcement that in case at some subsequent stage, some additional material