BHUPESH ARORA vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 03rd February, 2026 Pronounced on: 23rd February, 2026 + BAIL APPLN.4035/2025 BHUPESH ARORA S/o Sh. Gulshan Arora, R/o G-5/35-36, 3rd Floor, Sector-11, Rohini, New Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Hemant Shah, Mr. Askhay Rana, Mr. Saurabh Pal, Mr. Vishal Maan, Mr. Ojas Kaushik, Ms. Aishwarya Shahi, Mr. Saurabh Rajput, Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari, Ms. Namisha Jain, Ms. Shreya Chauhan and Ms. Aamani Golay, Advocates versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Through its Director, Pravartan Bhawan, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel for DoE with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel, Mr. Kartik Sabharwal and Mr. Pranjal Tripathi, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. BAIL APPLN.4035/2025 Page 1 of 46 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:23.02.2026 15:42:03 1. First Bail Application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C”) read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant, Bhupesh Arora seeking Regular Bail in ECIR/HYZO/46/2022 dated 14.10.2022, registered by the Directorate of Enforcement (“ED”), registered in Hyderabad Zonal Office under Sections 3/4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as “PMLA”). 2. A Complaint was filed against the Applicant on 27.08.2025 in Delhi and the investigations are complete. The Applicant states that he was arrested on 11.07.2025, in terms of Section 19 of PMLA and since then, he is in Judicial Custody. 3. The Applicant explains that he was in