BHASKAR YADAV vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 02.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 281/2025, CRL.M.A. 2023/2025 & CRL.M.A. 6891/2025 BHASKAR YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manu Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Samarth Krishan Luthra, Mr. Arjun Kakkar and Mr. Manoviraj Singh, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anurag Jain, Advocate for ED. 2 + BAIL APPLN. 330/2025, CRL.M.A. 2409/2025 & CRL.M.A. 7482/2025 ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manu Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Abhir Datt, Mr. Debayan Gangopadhyay, Mr. Arjun Kakkar and Ms. Varnika Singh, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel with Mr. Kanishk Maurya and Mr. Satyam Prakash, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT 1. These anticipatory bail applications arising out of same Prosecution Complaint and based on similar factual and legal matrix are taken up Bail Applications 281/2025 & 330/2025 Page 1 of 22 pages Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4a fec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cac ca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - KATHPALIA 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Digitally Signed serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5 d15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c48796 By:NEETU N NAIR 5ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.02 11:25:18 -08'00' Signing Date:02.02.2026 11:38:10 together for disposal. 1.1 Both these applications were taken up for the first time before the predecessor bench in the month of January 2025 and thereafter, the matter continued getting adjourned for one or the other reason before different predecessor benches, and first