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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 13.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 20.04.2026 + CRL.REV.P. 134/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6853/2026 CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. S.V. Raju, Mr.

D.P. Singh and Mr. Chatan Sharma, ASGs, with Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Mr. Manu Mishra, Ms. Garima Saxena, Mr. Venkatesh, Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Ms. Tanvi Jain, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi and Mr. Imaan Khera, Advocates alongwith Mr. J. S. Randhawa - DIG, Mr. Alok Shahi -ASP, Mr. I. B. Pendhari-SP (CBI) and Mr. Naveen, Sub-Inspector for CBI.

versus KULDEEP SINGH & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Tushar Agarwal, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Mr. Arun Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Mahal and Ms. Rashi Chaudhary, Advocates for R-1.

Mr. Pradeep Rana and Mr. Tushar Rohmetra, Advocates for R-2 Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Harshit Anand, Ms. Varisha Sharma and Ms. Suvarna Swain, Advocates for R-3 Mr. Sumer Singh Boparai, Mr. Surya Pratap Singh, Mr. Abhilash Pathak and Mr. Sirhaan Seth, Advocates for R-4 Mr. Nitesh Rana, Ms. Zainab Khan, Mr. Aditya Narayan, Ms. Aditi Singh and Mr.

Suyash Pandey, Advocates for R-5 Mr. Shivendra Dwivedi and Ms. Onmichon Ramrar, Advocates for R-6 and R-10 Mr. Dhruv Gupta and Mr. Anubhav Garg, Advocates for R-7 Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vivek Jain, Mohd. Irshad, Mr. Sadiq Noor, Mr. Ankit Tiwari and Mr. Angad Pathak, Advocates for R-8.

Mr. Adit S. Pujari, Mr. Shashwat Sarin, Mr. Shaurya Mittal and Ms. Dhanya Visweswaran, Advocates for R-9.

Mr Abhishek Singh, Mr Vishvendra Singh, Mr Talib Mustafa, Mr Ketan Kumar Roy and Mr Shubh Mathur, Advocates for R-11.

Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, Mr. Dushyant Chaudhary and Mr. Tushar Garg, Advocates for R-12 Ms. Baani Khanna, Mr. Robin Singh, Mr. Kapil Balwani and Ms. Komal Thakkar, Advocates for R-16 Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ramesh Allanki, Ms. Aruna Gupta and Mr. Sahil Sood, Advocates for R-17.

R-18 in person (through VC).

Mr. Chanchal K. Singla, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rohit Kaliyar and Mr. Akshay Malhotra, Advocates for R-19 Mr. Prabhav Ralli, Mrs. Stuti Gupta, Mr. Dev Vrat Arya, Mr. Samraat Saxena and Ms. Deeya Mittal, Advocates for R-20 Ms. Tusharika Mattoo, Advocate for R-21 Mr. Harsh Bora and Mr. Sahil Ghai, Advocates for R-22 Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Mayank Jain, Mr. Madhur Jain, Mr. Arpit Goel and Mr. Deepak Jain, Advocates for R-

23 (through VC).

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

J U D G M E N T

Index to the Judgment WHEN I WAS ASKED TO RECUSE… ......................................................... 5 SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT ...................................................... 8 Submissions By Respondent No. 18 Arvind Kejriwal ........................................... 8 Submissions on behalf of Respondent No. 8 Manish Sisodia ............................ 16 Submissions on behalf of Respondent No. 3 Vijay Nair.................................... 18 Submissions on behalf of Respondent No. 19 Durgesh Pathak ........................ 21 Submissions on behalf of Respondent No. 12 Rajesh Joshi ............................... 22 Submissions on behalf of Respondent No. 5 Arun Ramchandran Pillai .......... 23 Submissions on Behalf of the Petitioner-CBI ....................................................... 23 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ............................................................................. 27 A. ALLEGED APPREHENSION OF BIAS IN VIEW OF THE ORDER DATED 09.03.2026 ........................................................................... 27 (i) Advance Service of Respondents ............................................................... 29 (ii) Stay on remarks against the Investigating Officer .................................... 31 (iii) Prima facie observations recorded in the order dated 09.03.2026 ........... 34 (iv) Examples of Prima facie observations & Interim Relief Granted in Favour of Respondent No. 18 Sh. Arvind Kejriwal & Members