Court grants bail under PMLA as it had reason to believe that accused was not guilty

Parkash Gurbaxani Vs Directorate of Enforcement through Assistant Director  (Punjab and Haryana HC) Conclusion: While before grant of bail the Public Prosecutor was required to be given an opportunity to oppose the plea for bail and that where the Public Prosecutor opposed such plea the Court could order release of the accused on bail only after recording a satisfaction that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be released was not guilty of the offence he was accused of and that while on bail he was not likely to commit any offence. Held:  In the instant case,...