Parmanand Sinha @ Parmanand Singh S/o Jagdeo Prasad vs Union of India through Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Patna Zonal Office, Patna

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2026 Supreme(Pat) 97

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
SONI SHRIVASTAVA
Parmanand Sinha @ Parmanand Singh S/o Jagdeo Prasad – Appellant
Versus
Union of India through Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Patna Zonal Office, Patna – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Rashid Izhar, Advocate Mr. Adil Abbas, Advocate Mr. Vishal Kumar, Advocate Mr. Nikhil Kumar Agrawal, Advocate Ms. Aditi Hansaria, Advocate
Mr. Keshav Bhardwaj, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Tuhin Shankar, Advocate

ORDER :

As both these cases arise out of the same ED (Directorate of Enforcement) case, vide case No. ECIR/PTZO/08/2023, with consent of the parties, they have been heard together for final disposal at this stage itself.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

3. The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (hereinafter referred as PMLA), 2002.

4. The case of the prosecution is based upon a written information given by Shri S.K. Tyagi, Executive Director, Railway Board, New Delhi. The C.B.I. conducted a preliminary enquiry, bearing no. PE 03/18, regarding allegations of large-scale irregularity committed in the filing, processing and decisions at Railway Claims Tribunal (R.C.T), Patna. Such preliminary investigation disclosed that in between 2015-2017, some unknown public servants of Railway conspired with the claimants’ advocates and their team and in pursuance of the said conspiracy, cheated the claimants as only a part of the decreed amount was given to the claimants while a major part thereof was siphoned off by the conspirators i.e., the accused person