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Issues: (i) Whether the impugned bail order warranted interim stay on the ground that the material, documents and submissions of the Enforcement Directorate were not properly considered. (ii) Whether the bail order suffered from non-consideration of the statutory requirements under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 and denial of adequate opportunity to oppose bail.
Issue (i): Whether the impugned bail order warranted interim stay on the ground that the material, documents and submissions of the Enforcement Directorate were not properly considered.
Analysis: The challenge to the bail order was examined only for interim relief in the pending petition under Section 439(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The order granting bail was found to reflect insufficient consideration of the record, including the enforcement agency's written note, relevant factual material, and the objections raised to the reasoning adopted in the bail order. The Court treated the apparent non-consideration of relevant material as a serious matter going to the correctness of the impugned order at this stage.
Conclusion: The impugned bail order was held fit to be stayed pending consideration of the main petition.
Issue (ii): Whether the bail order suffered from non-consideration of the statutory requirements under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 and denial of adequate opportunity to oppose bail.
Analysis: The Court noted that the bail court had not appropriately dealt with the twin conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 before granting bail. It also accepted, for the purpose of interim relief, that the grievance that the Enforcement Directorate was not given sufficient opportunity to present its opposition required serious examination in the main petition. These deficiencies were treated as relevant to the question whether the impugned order should continue to operate during pendency of the challenge.
Conclusion: The Court found sufficient prima facie grounds to stay the operation of the bail order.
Final Conclusion: Interim protection was granted against the operation of the bail order, and the challenge to that order was left for fuller consideration by the roster bench in the main proceedings.
Ratio Decidendi: An interim stay of a bail order may be granted where the order appears to have been passed without proper consideration of relevant material and without due regard to the statutory bail requirements that govern the case.
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