2024 (1) TMI 13

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..... r about thirteen months, and the trial has not commenced, in the sense, that charges have not yet been framed. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, including the period of incarceration already suffered by the appellant Benoy Babu, it is accepted that the present appeals and direct that the appellant Benoy Babu will be released on bail in Complaint Case No. 31 of 2022, pending befo .....

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..... awn our attention to the observations made in the judgment of this Court in the case of Manish Sisodia vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (2023) SCC OnLine SC 1393 decided on 30.10.2023. Our attention has also been drawn to the assertions made by the Central Bureau of Investigation For short CBI and the Directorate of Enforcement For short ED , specifically with regard to the presen .....

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..... pending before the learned ASJ/Special Judge (PC Act) (CBI-09), Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi in ECIR/HIU-II/14/2022. The impugned judgment/order is set aside and the appeals are allowed in the aforesaid terms. We clarify that observations made in this order are for the purpose of disposal of the present appeal, and would not be construed as findings and observations on the merits .....

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