https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=773706 Where a person was not arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 19 of the PMLA before complaint, appearance in response to summons did not amount to custody. The Special Court should ordinarily secure attendance by requiring a bond under Section 91 of the BNSS, rather than subjecting the person to a bail examination on merits. The rigours of Section 45 of the PMLA were inapplicable because no bail application was called for and no request for custody for further investigation had been made. The order refusing bond-based release was therefore unsustainable, and the impugned order was set aside. en-us Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:36:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=773706 Where a person was not arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 19 of the PMLA before complaint, appearance in response to summons did not amount to custody. The Special Court should ordinarily secure attendance by requiring a bond under Section 91 of the BNSS, rather than subjecting the person to a bail examination on merits. The rigours of Section 45 of the PMLA were inapplicable because no bail application was called for and no request for custody for further investigation had been made. The order refusing bond-based release was therefore unsustainable, and the impugned order was set aside. Case-Laws Money Laundering Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=773706