Overview

• Special CBI Judge A V Gujarathi granted the pardon on September 22 under BNSS Sections 343 and 344 on the condition of a full and true disclosure.
• The order designates Mehta as an approver and instructs the prosecution to facilitate his return to appear before the court and depose.
• The CBI did not oppose the application, noting his earlier approver status in the Enforcement Directorate’s 2021 money-laundering case.
• A supplementary chargesheet filed in July named Mehta as a beneficiary of transactions linked to fraudulent Letters of Undertaking.
• As an approver, he can now testify against other accused, including Nirav Modi, in a case alleging about ₹13,000 crore siphoned from PNB.