BACHU SINGH vs C.B.I.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 13th November, 2025 Pronounced on: 24th February, 2026 + CRL.REV.P.320/2004 BACHU SINGH S/o Shri Hira Lal Lawania, R/o B-70, Sector 36, Noida (U.P.). .....Petitioner Through: Mrs. Anita Sahani with Dr. Shiv Kumar Tiwari, Advocates. versus C.B.I. .....Respondent Through: Mrs. Anubha Bhardwaj SPP for CBI, along with Ms. Anchal Kashyap & Ms. Ananya Shamshery, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Petition under Sections 397/401 read with Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed against the Order dated 12.04.2004, whereby learned MM had allowed the Application of the Respondent/CBI for condonation of delay in filing the Chargesheet in case RC-46(A/97-DLI) under Section 168 IPC. 2. The brief facts as per the CBI, are that one Brahampal Singh, Assistant Director and other officials of Horticulture Department of MCD, entered into a criminal conspiracy with Smt. Neelam Sharma (Wife of the Petitioner Bachu Singh) proprietor of M/s. Royal Enterprises to cheat the Department and the aforesaid RC, was registered. During the course of CRL.REV.P.320/2004 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:24.02.2026 17:20:33 investigations, the house of the Petitioner was raided on 24.11.1995 and some documents were recovered from the house, which were seized by the Investigating Officer Inspector D.M. Sharma, CBI. Further Intelligence Reports were received that the Petitioner Bachu Singh (husband of Smt. Neelam Singh) had been carrying on private business though he was a Public Servant. 3. On the basis of this Intelligence Report, Preliminary Enquiry vide PE-21(A/96-DLI) was registered, on 23.12.1996. During the PE, summons were issued to several wit