https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761684 Regular bail in a PMLA prosecution was considered against the backdrop of prolonged custody, delayed trial and the twin conditions in Section 45. The Court held that diary entries, bank transactions, an alleged second agreement to sell and a statement under Section 50 required trial-stage appreciation, and that a bail hearing could not become a mini-trial. It further held that Section 45 cannot function as an absolute bar where pre-trial incarceration is prolonged without fault of the accused and the trial is unlikely to finish soon. Applying Article 21 and the principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception, the Court found continued custody unjustified and granted regular bail. en-us Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761684 Regular bail in a PMLA prosecution was considered against the backdrop of prolonged custody, delayed trial and the twin conditions in Section 45. The Court held that diary entries, bank transactions, an alleged second agreement to sell and a statement under Section 50 required trial-stage appreciation, and that a bail hearing could not become a mini-trial. It further held that Section 45 cannot function as an absolute bar where pre-trial incarceration is prolonged without fault of the accused and the trial is unlikely to finish soon. Applying Article 21 and the principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception, the Court found continued custody unjustified and granted regular bail. Case-Laws Money Laundering Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761684