High Court scolds EO Wing DG for five-year charge sheet delay in Jabalpur

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court voiced strong displeasure over the Economic Offence Wing's failure to submit a charge sheet in a case that received prosecutorial sanction five years ago. The court asked the Director General of the EOW why the charge sheet had not been filed for such an extended period, remarking that the officials seemed to have "slept" on the matter. The bench directed the EOW to file the charge sheet without further delay and warned that continued non‑compliance could attract contempt proceedings. No additional details about the underlying case were disclosed, and the court’s order focuses solely on the procedural lapse.