HC grants bail to petitioner weighing 153 Kg & having co-morbodities

Pranjil Batra Vs Directorate of Enforcement (Punjab and Haryana High Court) Punjab and Haryana High Court held that bail granted as co-morbodities of the petitioner falls in the exception of being ‘sick’ as carved out in Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Facts- While pressing for grant of bail, the petitioner submitted that he had merely been an employee of the company of co-accused and was handling the software used by the company to maintain its accounts and other business related information and was neither any Director or share-holder in the company. It has be...