https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313293 Anticipatory bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was tested against the special safeguards in Section 45, which require hearing the Public Prosecutor and, on opposition, judicial satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail. The analysis also noted that the presumption under Section 24 operates against the accused unless rebutted, and that Section 45's rigour applies even to pre-arrest bail requests. On the material presented, the Court was not satisfied that the statutory threshold for anticipatory bail was met, and bail was refused. en-us Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:55:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313293 Anticipatory bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was tested against the special safeguards in Section 45, which require hearing the Public Prosecutor and, on opposition, judicial satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail. The analysis also noted that the presumption under Section 24 operates against the accused unless rebutted, and that Section 45's rigour applies even to pre-arrest bail requests. On the material presented, the Court was not satisfied that the statutory threshold for anticipatory bail was met, and bail was refused. Case-Laws Money Laundering Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313293