India, April 9 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed UK-based arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's petition against a trial court's order declaring him a fugitive economic offender (FEO).

"The appeal is dismissed," a bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said.

A detailed copy of the verdict is yet to be uploaded.

The trial court on July 5, 2025, declared Bhandari as FEO in the proceedings initiated by Enforcement Directorate (ED). This development allowed the probe agency to confiscate his properties anywhere in the world and bar him from filing or defending any civil proceedings in India. The court had ruled that the FEO tag was another way of coercing Bhandari to come back to India, by attachment, confiscation of his properties.

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