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$~69 & 71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No.DLHC010515132026 + BAIL APPLN. 4561/2026, CRL.M.(Bail) 2040/2026 (69) DR VINOD KUMAR RANGA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Adv., Mr.

Keshav Sehgal, Mr. Shivam Gaur, Mr. Dharam Singh, Mr. Aryan Kumar and Ms. Rashi Singh, Advs.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, Sr. Adv. along with Mr. Arjit Sharma, Mr. Amit Goswami, Advs. and Mr. Dharmender Singh, ACP, Anti Corruption Branch for ACB.

Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State.

# CNR No.DLHC010527702026 + BAIL APPLN. 4679/2026, CRL.M.(Bail) 2105/2026 (71) DR VATSALA AGGARWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manu Sharma, Sr. Adv. along with Mr. Brijesh Yadav, Ms. Nikita, Mr. Samarth Krishan Luthra, Mr. Yogyank Mishra, Ms. Manoviraj Singh and Mr. Kailash Kumar, Advs.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, Sr. Adv. along with Mr. Arjit Sharma, Mr. Amit Goswami, Advs. and Mr. Dharmender Singh, ACP, Anti Corruption Branch for ACB.

Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA

O R D E R

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1. These two applications seek regular bail in FIR No. 07/2026, dated 02.06.2026, registered at P.S. Anti-Corruption Branch (“ACB”), GNCT of Delhi, under Sections 7A/13(1)/13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“PC Act”) read with Sections 61(2)/316(5)/318(4)/238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS”), now pending as CC No. 67/2026 before the learned Special Judge (PC Act) (ACB)-01, Rouse Avenue Court Complex, New Delhi (“Special Judge”).

2. Bail Appln. 4561/2026 has been filed by Dr. Vinod Kumar Ranga, through his wife as pairokar, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) read with Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“CrPC”) and Section 528 BNSS and Section 482 CrPC.

3. Bail Appln. 4679/2026 has been filed by Dr. Vatsala Aggarwal, through her husband as pairokar, under Section 483 BNSS read with the proviso to Section 480(1) BNSS. Since both arise out of the same FIR and the same order of the learned Special Judge, they are dealt with by this common order.

BACKGROUND

4. The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by the Deputy Director (Vigilance), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, initially under Section 7A of the PC Act read with Section 61(2) BNS. Sections 13(1) and 13(2) of the PC Act and Sections 316(5), 318(4) and 238 BNS were added during investigation. The allegation is of cartelisation in procurement of medicines, surgical items, equipment and linen by the Central Procurement Agency (“CPA”) of the Directorate General of Health Services (“DGHS”), GNCTD. It is alleged that tenders carried restrictive and tailor-made specifications to favour the firms of the co-accused Rajeev Kumar @ Rajiv Arora @ Rajiv Rangeela. It is also alleged that exorbitant payments were made to certain firms.

5. Dr. Ranga was the Head of Office (“HOO”), CPA, and Dr. Aggarwal was the Director General, DGHS, at the time of the alleged offences.

6. Dr. Ranga was arrested on 18.06.2026 and has remained in custody since. Dr. Aggarwal was arrested on 27.06.2026. She was granted four weeks’ interim bail on medical grounds by the learned Special Judge on 18.08.2026, was released on 19.08.2026, was refused extension on 14.09.2026, surrendered on 15.09.2026 and has been in custody since. As on date, Dr. Ranga has been in custody for 141 days and Dr. Aggarwal for 105 days, excluding the period of interim bail.

7. The charge-sheet was filed on 16.09.2026 against five accused, citing 84 witnesses, and is stated to run into about 12,000 pages. Rajeev Kumar, against whom proceedings under Section 84 BNSS had been initiated, was arrested on 24.09.2026. Sanction under Section 19 of the PC Act was accorded on 29.09.2026.

8. The bail applications of the applicants were dismissed by the learned Special Judge by a common order dated 17.10.2026. It is in the above backdro