Purpose of FEO Act cannot be bypassed by taking recourse to CrPC; Bombay High Court refuses relief to Mehul Choksi
The purpose of Fugitive Economic Offenders Act is to provide for measures to deter fugitive economic offenders from evading the process of law in India by staying outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts, to preserve the sanctity of the rule of law in India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.