ANIL DUTT SHARMA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 26.02.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 688/2026, CRL.M.A. 6411/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6410/2026 ANIL DUTT SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manoj Kr. Dwivedi, Advocate. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates for State with ACP Jarnail Singh and Inspector Bhagwan Singh, PS ACB/GNCTD. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. For convenience, it would be appropriate to extract the complete prayer clause of the petition. The same is as follows: “In view of the above, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble Court subject to law declared by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Godrej Pacific Tech. Ltd. v. Computer Joint India Ltd., (2008) 11 SCC 108, in T. Nagappa v. Y.R. Murlidhar, (2008) 2 SCC (Crl.) 677, in Kalyani Baskar v. M.S. Sampoornam, (2007) 2 SCC 258 and in A. Shanmugam v. Ariya Kshatriya, (2012) 6 SCC 430, may be pleased to : - i) Permit the petitioner summon and examination of four material defence witnesses, who are stated to be members of the alleged raiding team, within one or two days, or within such W.P.(CRL) 688/2026 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 Digitally Signed 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff80 1e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA By:NEETU N NAIR Date: 2026.02.26 17:24:27 -08'00' Signing Date:26.02.2026 17:22:38 time as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper, in the interest of justice; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE; ii) In the event of non-grant