SC Upholds Bail as Failure to Produce PMLA Accused Within 24 Hours Made Arrest Illegal

Directorate of Enforcement Vs Subhash Sharma (Supreme Court of India) The case arose from a bail application filed before the Chhattisgarh High Court under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) by an accused arrested in connection with an ECIR registered by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The ECIR was based on three FIRs treated as scheduled offences, alleging that the accused had obtained loans amounting to ₹31.37 crore from Punjab National Bank and Axis Bank through forged and fabricated docum...