India, April 10 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a trial court's order declaring UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari a "fugitive economic offender" in connection with a money laundering case. "Appeal dismissed," Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said.

On July 5, 2025, the trial court declared Bhandari a "fugitive economic offender" on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate, which enables the agency to confiscate all of Bhandari's assets worth crores of rupees. 

Bhandari's chances of coming to India have been virtually nullified after a UK court ruled against his extradition.

His legal team, while opposing the ED's move to declare him a fugitive offender, claimed its "client's stay could not be called illegal in the UK as ...