S. Muralidhar, J.

The Petitioner, Rajbhushan Omprakash Dixit, has filed the present writ petition on 1st February 2018 seeking issuance for a writ of habeas corpus for releasing the Petitioner from custody. He has sought a declaration that issuance of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) dated 24th January 2018, his arrest pursuant thereto on 25th January 2018 in ECIR/HQ/17/2017 and the consequent remand orders passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, (PMLA) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘trial Court’) is without the authority of law and in violation of Articles 14, 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India. The Petitioner also prayed for mandamus to the Directorate of Enforcement (DOE) (Respondent No. 2) and the Union of India through the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (Respondent No. 1) to provide him a certified copy of ECIR/HQ/17/2017 dated 27th October 2017, and the application filed by Respondent No. 2 before the trial Court for issuance of warrants and the grounds of arrest, if any, recorded while arresting the Petitioner.

2. Accompanying the writ petition is Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 2151 of 2018 in which the Petitioner has prayed for grant o