C EDMONDS ALLEN v. CBI & ANR

Delhi High Court · 21 Mar 2018 · 2018:DHC:1963
Sanjeev Sachdeva
CRL.M.C. 1456/2018
2018:DHC:1963
criminal appeal_allowed

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The Delhi High Court directed the Trial Court to expeditiously dispose of the petitioner’s bail cancellation application within six weeks, without commenting on its merits.

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CRL.M.C. 1456/2018
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
JUDGMENT
delivered on: 21.03.2018
CRL.M.C. 1456/2018
C EDMONDS ALLEN ..... Petitioner
versus
CBI & ANR ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the Petitioner : Mr Harshvardhan Jha, Advocate.
For the Respondents : Mr Sanjeev Bhandari, CORAM:-
HON’BLE MR JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA
JUDGMENT
21.03.2018 SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J. (ORAL)
Crl. M.A. 5293-94/2018(exemption), 5395/2018(exemption from filing
FIR)
Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

1. The petitioner seeks a direction to the Trial Court to dispose of the application dated 20.09.2016 filed by the petitioner before the Trial Court.

2. The petitioner in the subject proceedings, being the original complainant, has filed an application seeking cancellation of bail of Respondent No. 2 in R.C.No.2(A)/2006/ACU IX/CBI /PS/CBI/SC-I/ND. 2018:DHC:1963 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present petition is restricted only to the expeditious disposal of the cancellation of the bail application.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the pleadings are complete in the subject application and the next date fixed before the Trial Court is 23.04.2018.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation has no objection to the expeditious disposal of the subject application.

5. Accordingly, the Trial Court is directed to dispose of the petitioner’s application on the next date and in case for any reason it is not possible to dispose of the same on the next date then to dispose of the same preferably within a period of six weeks from the said date in accordance with law.

6. It is clarified that this Court has neither examined nor commented upon the merits of the application or the defence of the respondent. The Trial Court is directed to dispose of the application without being influenced by anything stated in this order.

7. The Petition is accordingly disposed of.

8. Order Dasti under signatures of Court Master.

SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J MARCH 21, 2018/‘Sn’