* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17.03.2026 Pronounced on: 08.04.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 3868/2025 CHRISTIAN MICHEL JAMES .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Aljo K.Joseph, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Satya Ranjan Swain, CGSC with Mr.Kautilya Birat, GP for R-1 & 2.

Mr.D.P. Singh, ASG/Special Counsel with Mr.Manu Mishra, Mr.Iman Khera, Ms.Garima Saxena, Advs. for R-3 & 4.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

J U D G M E N T

NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for the following reliefs:

“a) Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of declaration that that the Article 17 of Indian UAE Extradition Treaty is ultra-virus Article 21, 245 and 253 of the Constitution of India to the extent the expression in Article 17 of the treaty “anything connected there with” gives liberty to the prosecution to read other offences and sections into the chargesheet filed against a fugitive Extradited from UAE, Ultra virus of Section 21 of the Extradition Act 1962.

b) Issue appropriate Writ order direction declaring that non application of the Section 21 of the Extradition Act and conside