SANJAY BHANDARI vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 21st August, 2025 Pronounced on: 9th April, 2026 + CRL.A. 1071/2025 & CRL.M.A. 22223/2025 (stay) SANJAY BHANDARI S/o Late Shri Rajinder Kumar Bhandari, B-217, Greater Kailash-1, New Delhi, Presently residing at Flat 18, 17 Great Cumberland Place, London, W1H7AS, United Kingdom .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Ms. Aparajita Jamwal and Mr. Ankit Sharma, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Represented through its Deputy Director, 10-A, Jamnagar House, Akbar Road, New Delhi – 110001 .....Respondent Through: Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG with Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Spl. Counsel, Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel, Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi and Mr. Satyam, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. The Statutory Appeal under Section 17 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as ―FEO Act‖) has been filed on behalf of the Appellant, Sanjay Bhandari to challenge the Impugned Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ANIL CRL.A. 1071/2025 Page 1 of 46 KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:13.04.2026 18:28:35 Judgment dated 05.07.2025 of learned Special Judge (CBI) PC Act-10, New Delhi declaring the Appellant a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). 2. The Respondent/ED filed a Misc. Application No. 249/2019 on 13.12.2019, before the learned Special Judge under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, seeking a declaration of the Appellant as a Fugitive Economic Offender. 3. The brief facts as stated in the Misc. Application, was that ED is a statutory Agency under Fugitive Economic Offender‟s Act (FEO Act), entrusted with the authority to implement the provisions of the Act. It is also a Competent Age