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Visa Fraud
2024-06-06
Subject: Criminal Law - Money Laundering
Congress Leader
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Thursday granted regular bail to Congress leader
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had accused
Special Judge for ED and CBI, Kaveri Baweja, granted the relief to the accused after he appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against him. The court had issued summons against the accused while taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the ED in the case.
The judge granted the relief on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of the same amount.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had registered the money laundering case against
According to the CBI, a Mumbai-based company, Bell Tools, had signed a consultancy agreement with the Chinese company Shangdong Electric Power Construction Corp. (SEPCCL) to hire Chinese workers for a power project in Punjab. However, the project was running behind schedule, and the company allegedly devised a 'back-door way' to get more Chinese workers by seeking approval to reuse 263 project visas allotted to the Chinese company's officials.
The CBI claims that a bribe of Rs 50 lakh was allegedly demanded by a private person based in Chennai through his close associate/front man, which was paid by the Mansa-based private company. The payment was shown as consultancy fees to a Mumbai-based company that was in the business of manufacturing industrial knives.
This isn't the first case of alleged money laundering against
money laundering - visa fraud - bribery - power plant project - Chinese workers - visa reuse - consultancy fees - investigation - bail
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Bail is the rule and jail is the exception, especially in serious economic offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, where the gravity of charges necessitates stringent scrutiny.
Prolonged custody without trial is a violation of the fundamental right to liberty, warranting bail, especially when similar accused have been granted bail.
Anticipatory bail may be granted under PMLA, considering the health challenges of the accused and lack of direct proceeds of crime linked to them.
Bail – Right of personal liberty and individual freedom which is probably the most cherished, is not in any manner, arbitrarily to be taken away from anybody even temporarily without following proced....
Bail – Delay and long detention in custody cannot be a ground for grant of bail in cases of money laundering.
The court considered the scope of Section 3 of PMLA, the discretion to be exercised at the stage of bail, and the balance between statutory embargo and period of incarceration.
The conditions for granting bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act are mandatory, requiring the court to be satisfied of the accused's non-guilt and lack of likelihood to commit further of....
Anticipatory bail – Rigour of Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 shall be applicable even with respect to application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. – In case of economic offences whic....
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