Sandeepa Virk Vs Directorate of Enforcement — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2026)

Sandeepa Virk Vs Directorate of Enforcement — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition dismissed as withdrawn; petitioner granted liberty to seek modification of the imposed conditions (including the FDR of Rs. 20,00,000) before the learned Trial Court which passed the order dated 06.05.2026.

Issue for consideration

Whether the conditions imposed by the order dated 06.05.2026 of ASJ-04, West District in the ECIR proceedings for release of passport and travel abroad — namely deposit of an FDR of Rs. 20,00,000 and reporting to the Indian Embassy on arrival — should be quashed or modified. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

Liberty was granted to the petitioner to withdraw the present petition and take appropriate steps in accordance with law before the learned Trial Court which passed the order dated 06.05.2026, seeking modification of the various conditions imposed therein, including furnishing of the FDR.

Key takeaways

The present petition, along with the pending application (CRL.M.A. 15905/2026), was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Saurabh Banerjee, J.) — W.P.(CRL) 1593/2026 & CRL.M.A. 15905/2026, decided 18.05.2026 — Sandeepa Virk v. Directorate of Enforcement. Petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 sought (i) quashing/modification of conditions imposed by ASJ-04, West District by order dated 06.05.2026 in ECIR/HIU-II/24/2025 ('Enforcement Directorate Vs Amit Gupta & Sandeepa Virk') for release of passport and travel abroad — deposit of an FDR of Rs. 20,00,000 and reporting to the Indian Embassy on arrival — and (ii) a direction that the Trial Court not impose such conditions in future as pre-conditions. Counsel submitted the petitioner was aggrieved principally because he was unable to furnish the FDR. The Court did not adjudicate upon the conditions; it granted the petitioner liberty to withdraw the petition and seek their modification before the learned Trial Court, and dismissed the petition, with the pending application, as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(CRL) 1593/2026, CRL.M.A. 15905/2026

SANDEEPA VIRK .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Ashish Upadhyay and Ms. Chanchal Kumari, Advs.

versus

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Samrat Goswami, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R % 18.05.2026

By virtue of the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:

“A. Quash/ Modify the Conditions Of Release Of Passport And To Travel broad Vide Order Dated 06/05/2026 Passed By LD. ASJ-04, West District In ECIR No. ECIR/HIUII/24/2025 titled as " Enforcement Directorate Vs Amit Gupta Sandeepa Virk " of deposit of FDR of Rs. 20,00,000/(Twenty Lakh Only) and condition requiring reporting to the Indian Embassy on Arrival.

B. Further directing the Trial' Court not to impose the condition of deposit of FDR and reporting to the Indian Embassy on Arrival, in future as a pre-condition for release of passport and permission to travel abroad in the captioned ECIR/HIU-II/24/2025 Dated 11.08.2025 titled as " Enforcement Directorate Vs Amit Gupta & Sandeepa Virk ".

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C. Any other order(s) that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and necessary in the interest of justice.”

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been able to satisfy the learned Trial Court for the prayer he is seeking herein, and according to him the petitioner is primarily aggrieved only qua some of the conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court therein, including the issuance of furnishing of the FDR in the sum of Rs. 20,00,000/- ( Rupees Twenty Lakhs Only ), which he is not in a position to pay, as also other condition(s).

Based thereon, he seeks, and is granted, liberty to withdraw the present petition to take appropriate steps in accordance with law before the learned Trail Court which has passed the order dated 06.05.2026 seeking modification of the various conditions imposed therein including furnishing of the FDR.

As such, the present petition, alongwith the pending application, is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J.

MAY 18, 2026/rr

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