Big comment of Supreme Court
Even in PMLA money laundering cases, bail is the rule and jail is the exception. The Supreme Court has said this big thing. The court said this on Wednesday while granting relief to an associate of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a case related to illegal mining registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court said that even in money laundering cases, bail is the rule and keeping in jail is the exception. A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Vishwanathan said that the court believes that even in cases registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), “bail is a rule and jail is an exception.”
No one can be deprived of freedom
The Supreme Court bench said that no person should be deprived of his liberty and even Section 45 of PMLA, which lays down dual conditions for bail of the accused in the money laundering case, does not spell out the principle in such a way that deprivation of liberty is the rule. Citing the August 9 verdict in the money laundering and corruption cases involving former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the apex court said that individual liberty is always the rule and deprivation of it by the procedure established by law is the exception.
Supreme Court granted bail
The bench said, “The double conditions under section 45 of PMLA do not eliminate this principle.” The bench then granted bail to Prem Prakash, who has been described by the Directorate as a close associate of Soren and is accused of being involved in illegal mining in the state. The apex court set aside the March 22 order of the Jharkhand High Court, which refused to grant him bail. The court also directed the subordinate court to expedite the hearing of the case.
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