2025 (12) TMI 1388

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....R, Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR, Ms. Aakriti Priya, Adv. For the Respondent(s): Mr. S. D. Sanjay, ASG, Ms. Nikita Sethi, Adv., Mr. Shubh Sharma, Adv., Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv., Mr. Khushal Kolwar, Adv., Mr. Shubham P. Mishra, Adv., Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv., Mr. Samrat Goswami, Adv., Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Ms. Anushka Gupta, Adv., Ms. Aakriti Mishra, Adv. ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. Three appeals are on board, preferred by Md. Afsar Ali @ Afshar Ali @ Afsu Khan, Imtiaz Ahmad and Faiyaz Khan. 3. We propose to dispose of all the appeals by this common order. 4. Records reveal that ECIR bearing 18/2022 was recorded on the basis of FIR No.141 of 2022 dated 04th June, 2022, registered at Police Stati....

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....e been tampered to create fictitious owner of the above property. 8. It has also come out during investigation that some other properties, which are nonsaleable Government land, have been acquired by forging the records and creating fraudulent documents and by tampering the records available at the offices of the land record authorities concerned. 9. Upon completion of investigation the Directorate of Enforcement registered ECIR Case No.01/2023 in ECIR/RNZO/18/2022 dated 21st October 2022 under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [PMLA]. 10. It is the case of the prosecution that all the three appellants have acquired proceeds of crime by way of fraudulent acquisitions and sale of the lands in question.....

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.... conditions for grant of bail as per the statutory ordainment in Section 45 of the PMLA have to be satisfied. It is contended with vehemence that based on the materials collected so far, it cannot even prima facie be said that the appellants are not guilty of the offences alleged against them. 19. Mr. Sanjay submits that the appellants' prayers need not be granted at this stage and this Court may review the situation after 6 (six) months by ascertaining the progress of trial. It is, therefore, prayed that the appeals be dismissed. 20. On the contrary, the defence has argued that most of the documents seized are photocopies of deeds having no nexus with the allegations. Further, having regard to the slow pace of the trial coupled with ....