Shailaja IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4248 OF 2024 Mr. Shoaib Richie Sequeira ] Aged 61 years, Occ: Business, ] permanently residing at Rustomejees ] Ozone CHSL, Tower No.3, Flat 1203 ]

Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 400 104 ] Petitioner Versus

1. State of Maharashtra ]

Through Police Commissioner ] and Jt. Commissioner, Economic ] Offences Wing, 3^rd Floor, New ] Police Commissioner Office ] Building, Crawford Market, ] Mumbai – 400 001. ]

2. Directorate of Enforcement ]

Through its Director, 6^th Floor, ] Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan ] Market, New Delhi – 110003 ] And Through Jt. Director, ] (Western Region), Kaiser-I-Hind ] Building, 4^th Floor, Currimbhoy ] Road, Ballard Estate, Mumbai ] 400 001. ]

3. Securities and Exchange Board of ]

India, A statutory body set up ] under Section 3 of the Securities ] and Exchange Board of India Act, ] 1992 having its headquarters at: ] SEBI Bhavan, Plot No. C4-A, ] ‘G’ Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, ]

SHRIKANT SHRIKANT HALKUDE Date: 2025.02.04 10:48:26 HALKUDE +0530 Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051 ] Maharashtra. ]

4. The Joint Director ]

Central Bureau of Investigation ] EOB, Mumbai, 11^th/12th Floor, ] Plot No. C-35A, G Block, ] Bandra Kurla Complex BKC, ] Near MTNL Exchange, Bandra ] (E), Mumbai 400 098. ]

5. The Joint Director ]

Serious Fraud Investigation Office ] Mumbai ] Fountain Telecom Building – I, ] Near Central Telegraph Office, ] M.G. Road, Fort, Mumbai - ] 400 001. ]

6. Crime Investigation Department, ]

Maharashtra Crawford Market, ] Lokmanya Tilak Road, ] Police Colony, Dhobi Talao, ]

CST, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. ] Respondents a/w INTERIM APPLICATION [STAMP] NO.24444 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4248 OF 2024 Multifaced Impex Limited ] Applicant IN THE MATTER BETWEEN:

Mr. Shoaib Richie Sequeira ] Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra and others ] Respondents a/w INTERIM APPLICATION [STAMP] NO.24377 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4248 OF 2024 Jai Corp Limited ] Applicant IN THE MATTER BETWEEN:

Mr. Shoaib Richie Sequeira ] Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra and others ] Respondents a/w INTERIM APPLICATION [STAMP] NO.24376 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4248 OF 2024 Anand Jaikumar Jain ] Applicant IN THE MATTER BETWEEN:

Mr. Shoaib Richie Sequeira ] Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra and others ] Respondents …..

Mr. Aabad Ponda, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Parth Jain, Mr. Puru Jain and Ms. Rutvi Soni i/b Jain Law Partners LLP, for Petitioner.

Mr. H.S. Venegavkar, P.P a/w Ms. P.P. Shinde, A.P.P, for Respondent – State.

Mr. H.S. Venegavkar, S.P.P a/w Mr. Ayush Kedia, for Respondent No.2 – Enforcement Directorate.

Mr. Rafique Dada, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Bhushan Shah, Mr. Akash Jain a/w Mr. Abhishek Nair i/b Mr. Mansukhlal & Co., for Respondent No.3 (SEBI).

Mr. Kuldeep S. Patil, Special Public Prosecutor a/w Mr. Dhavalsinh Patil, Mr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava and Ms. Sampada S. Patil, for Respondent No.4 – CBI.

Mr. H.S. Venegavkar a/w Mr. Aayush Kedia a/w Ms. Divya Gontia i/b Mr. Pradeep Yadav, for Respondent No.5 – SFIO.

Mr. Ravi Kadam, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Vikram Nankani, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Vineet Naik, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Ms. Vaibhavi Bhure, Mr. Aditya Ajgaonkar, Mr. Harish Khedkar, Mr. Vivek Dwivedi, Mr. Nevil Chopra, Ms. Antara Kulkarni and Ms. Rebecca Singh i/b M/s. Naik Naik & Co., for Applicants in Interim Application [Stamp] No.24376 of 2024 and Interim Application [Stamp] No.24377 of

2024.

Mr. Pranav Badheka a/w Mr. Rajendra Barot, Mr. Dhirajkumar Totala a/w Ms. Vaibhavi Bhure, Mr. Vivek Shetty, Ms. Harsha Uppal, Mr. Prince Todi, Mr. Harsh Sethi i/b AZB & Partners, for Applicant in Interim Application [Stamp] No.24444 of 2024.

Mr. Nikhit Mishra Joint C.P. a/w Mr. Sangramsinh Nishandar and Mr. Nitin Gije, PI, EOW Unit VII, Mumbai present.

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CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE &

PRITHVIRAJ K. CHAVAN, J.J.

RESERVED ON : 29^th November, 2024.

PRONOUNCED ON : 31^st January, 2025. JUDGMENT: [Per Prithviraj K. Chavan