Bail Under PMLA Section 45 Not Needed If No Arrest Made: Calcutta HC

In Re Dr. Kalyanmoy Ganguly (Calcutta High Court) The Calcutta High Court has ordered the immediate release of Dr. Kalyanmoy Ganguly, former President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, in a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The court’s decision, delivered in CRM (R) 06 of 2025, set aside an earlier order by the learned Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Calcutta, which had rejected Dr. Ganguly’s bail plea by applying the stringent conditions of Section 45 of the PMLA. Dr. Kalyanmoy Ganguly, described as a septuagenarian suffering fro...