New Delhi, July 15 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of an MCD Junior Engineer accused in a CBI corruption case, holding that his conduct of remaining absconding, failing to join the investigation despite notice, and being declared a proclaimed offender did not warrant the extraordinary relief of pre-arrest bail.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order while rejecting the anticipatory bail application filed by Navdeep Khatri in connection with a CBI FIR registered under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, read with Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

According to the FIR, the complainant, a private contractor carrying out construction work on G.B. Road in Delhi, alleged t...