Vedpal Singh Tanwar Vs Directorate of Enforcement (Delhi High Court)
Delhi High Court held that bail application of accused is rejected as there is reasonable ground to believe the accused is found guilty in illegal mining and money laundering. Further, plea to grant bail on medical grounds also rejected as accused condition is stable and regularly reviewed by doctor.
Facts- The accused/applicant seeks bail under Section 45/65 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in the Prosecution Complaint no.1929/2024 arising out of ECIR/HIU-1/08/2023 of PS HIU, Directorate of Enforcement (DoE) for offence under Section 3 and 4 of the PML Act The bail is sought on merits as well as on medical grounds.
The local police of PS Tosham registered FIR No.449/2023 regarding the rampant illegal and unscientific mining by GMM and its partners, thereby causing huge unlawful gain to themselves and unlawful loss to exchequer. During investigation, the relevant documents were collected and search operations were carried out, culminating into the detection of illegal mining in Dadam mines hills carried out by the accused firm and its partners. During investigation, it was found that the present accused/applicant played lead role in the firm by looking after all its major activities. The investigation revealed that the accused/applicant committed the offences in well planned manner with the motive to generate proceeds of crime in the form of money, followed by money laundering which caused huge revenue loss to the State. The accused/applicant is one of the main beneficiaries of the offences thus committed.
