The Central Bureau Of Investigation vs. Navneet Gupta

COURT NO.5

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 7748/2024

(Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 07-02-2024 in CRLP No. 794/2021 passed by the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad)

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

E. SUDHIR REDDY & ORS.

Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

Date: 09-07-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Suryaprakash V Arju, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Heard Mr. Suryaprakash V Arju, learned ASG appearing for the 1. petitioner.

The counsel would refer to paragraph 98.1 of the judgment in 2. State Bank of India & Ors. v. Rajesh Agarwal & Ors. reported in (2023) 6 SCC 1 and also the interim order passed by this Court in Central Bureau of Investigation v. Surendra Patwa & Ors. (SLP Some Manufacturery No. 15952 of 2024) to argue that the High Court $\frac{1054}{\text{Res}}$ reliance on the Reserve Bank's Master Circular, which relates to

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civil proceeding and cannot be blindly applied to criminal matters.

3. Issue notice, returnable in four weeks.

4. The interim order passed on 17.05.2024 in the SLP (Criminal) Diary No. 15952 of 2024 will also operate in the present matter.

(NITIN TALREJA) (KAMLESH RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR