https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763300 The National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 was applied as an offence-centric scheme, allowing the Central Government to direct investigation of a Scheduled Offence and permitting the NIA, under Section 8, to investigate other offences with a real nexus to that offence. The expression "the accused" was read contextually to include persons whose alleged offences emerge during the connected investigation, not only the original accused. On the facts, the Court found a clear link between the narcotics-related Gujarat investigation and the Punjab FIRs, so the directions under Sections 6(5) and 8 were valid and the cancellation of bail was sustained. en-us Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:40:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763300 The National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 was applied as an offence-centric scheme, allowing the Central Government to direct investigation of a Scheduled Offence and permitting the NIA, under Section 8, to investigate other offences with a real nexus to that offence. The expression "the accused" was read contextually to include persons whose alleged offences emerge during the connected investigation, not only the original accused. On the facts, the Court found a clear link between the narcotics-related Gujarat investigation and the Punjab FIRs, so the directions under Sections 6(5) and 8 were valid and the cancellation of bail was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763300