Bail Allowed in PMLA Sand Mining Case as Predicate FIRs Remain Stalled

Kanhaiya Prasad Vs Union of India through (Patna High Court) Predicate FIRs quashed or stalled – Section 45 PMLA Rigours balanced with Article 21 – Bail allowed by Patna HC Background The petitioner, Kanhaiya Prasad, sought regular bail in Special Trial (PMLA) Case No. 08/2023 arising from ECIR/PTZO/14/2023. Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged that his father, Radha Charan Sah, and others, through M/s Broadson Commodities Pvt. Ltd., engaged in illegal sand mining and sale, causing a loss of ₹161 crore+ to the government. ED alleged that the petitioner assisted in laundering proceeds...