JUDGMENT

Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.

CRL.M.A. 4223/2024

1. The applicant has preferred an application i.e. Bail Appln. No. 494/2024 under Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ('PMLLA ') read with Section 439 of the the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('Cr.P.C.') seeking grant of bail in ECIR/STF/02/2022. By way of present application i.e. Crl.M.A. 4223/2024, filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., the applicant has sought interim bail on medical grounds.

2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant argues that the applicant herein was arrested in the present case on 09.10.2023, and he is seeking release on interim bail, on medical grounds. It is argued that a bare perusal of the medical reports of the applicant make it apparent that the applicant has a chronic history of high triglycerides, cholesterol and related issues concerning his heart. It is stated that even prior to his arrest in October, 2023, he was consulting his doctors for treatments/procedures to mitigate his susceptibility to a stroke, heart attack and acute inflammation of the pancreas. It is stated that since his arrest, he has been taken to the jail dispensary several times complaining in