Case Law Details
Pranjil Batra Vs Directorate of Enforcement (Punjab and Haryana High Court)
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that bail granted as co-morbodities of the petitioner falls in the exception of being ‘sick’ as carved out in Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Facts-
While pressing for grant of bail, the petitioner submitted that he had merely been an employee of the company of co-accused and was handling the software used by the company to maintain its accounts and other business related information and was neither any Director or share-holder in the company. It has been submitted that whatever amount he had received or had been credited in his account was on account of his professional remuneration, being a software expert.
Petitioner also submitted that he weighs 153 kilograms and has various medical issues and is presently having precarious health which is deteriorating by the day and in these circumstances, his further custody could prove fatal to his health and life.
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