2017 (2) TMI 1205

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.... Advocate for the respondent. JUDGEMENT SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in criminal complaint No.1 dated 22.01.2016 in case ECIR No.02/JLZO/2013 filed by the Enforcement Directorate under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for short, `the PMLA') which is pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, Patiala. There are several per....

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....mitting any offence in Part `A' of the Schedule of PMLA. The investigation in the instant complaint is over and whenever the petitioner was summoned, he appeared before the E.D. It is not alleged by E.D. that the petitioner was non-cooperative or he deliberately did not divulge the information. Be that as it may, if the petitioner has shown any reluctance in divulging the information in a sub....

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....e years in Part `A' of the Schedule attached to PMLA, 2002. Similarly, since the petitioner was not subjected to custodial interrogation regardless of express powers given to E.D under Section 19 of the Act, we see no reason whatsoever as to why the petitioner's liberty be curtailed by sending him to judicial custody at this juncture. At best, with a view to ensure that the outcome of the....