2022 (1) TMI 511

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....(s) Mr. K. M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Jayant K Sud, ASG Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Manish, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, Adv. Mr. A.V.S. Raju, Adv. Ms. Shivali Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR O R D E R Leave granted. This appeal takes exception to the judgme....

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....he prayer for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with PMLA offence, the mandate of Section 45 of the PMLA Act would not come into play. Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondent invited our attention to the dictum in paragraph 42 of the judgment in Nikesh Tarachand Shah vs. Union of India & Anr. reported in (2018) 11 SCC 1. The observations made therein ....

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....ust be kept in mind. Accordingly, we deem it appropriate to set aside the impugned judgment and order and relegate the parties before the High Court for reconsideration of Criminal Petition No. 4134 of 2021 afresh for grant of anticipatory bail filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with stated PMLA offence. The High Court may hear the remanded proceedings ex....