Supreme Court Grants Bail in Delayed PMLA Trial Case

Udhaw Singh Vs Enforcement Directorate (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court of India has granted bail to Udhaw Singh, who was accused under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Singh had been in custody for one year and two months, but with only one out of 225 witnesses examined, the court determined that the trial was unlikely to conclude in the near future. The court applied its ruling in V. Senthil Balaji v. Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement (2024 SCC OnLine SC 2626), which emphasized that prolonged detention without trial violates the fundamental ri...