ARUN ANAND vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 18th February, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 1391/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5558/2026 ARUN ANAND .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rahul Mehra, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Atul Kumar, Ms. Sweety Singh, Mr. Chaitanya Gosain, Mr. Hanif Chimthanawala, Mr. Harsh Kumar and Ms. Meenakshi, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Abhishek, PS EOW. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. A chargesheet was filed in relation to FIR No.113/2019, dated 25.06.2019, registered at PS EOW for offences under Section 420/406/120-B IPC. 2. Petitioner herein is one of the accused in the abovesaid case. 3. The case is, reportedly, at the stage of consideration of charge. 4. When the petitioner herein i.e Mr. Arun Anand sought regular bail, the bail was granted to him by the learned Trial Court on 30.04.2022 with certain conditions. One of the conditions was that the accused shall not leave the country, without prior permission of the Court. 5. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a Chartered Accountant in his seventies and he has to travel abroad frequently Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.M.C. 1391/2026 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:20.02.2026 12:25:57 and, on various previous occasions, when he had sought permission from the learned Trial Court, he left the country with due permission and returned back as per the itinerary. He submits that, at times, in case of exigency, it becomes difficult to comply with the terms, well in advance and, therefore, there is a request to waive off or relax the abovesaid condition. 6. It is submitted that if the condition is relaxed, the petitioner would, in any case, give prior intimation a