SC Grants Interim Bail to Journalist Amid PMLA Allegations & Ongoing Trial

Maheshdan Prabhudan Langa Vs State of Gujarat & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court of India, while considering the challenge to the denial of bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), granted interim bail to the petitioner, subject to stringent conditions, even as the Gujarat High Court had earlier refused regular bail on merits. Before the Gujarat High Court, the petitioner had sought regular bail in connection with an ECIR registered by the Directorate of Enforcement for offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA. The ED’s case was founded on two FIR...