JUDGMENT

Swarana Kanta Sharma, J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (`Cr.P.C.') has been filed on behalf of petitioner seeking setting aside of impugned remand order dated 10.10.2023, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-05, Patiala House Court, New Delhi (`Sessions Court') in case titled `Directorate of Enforcement vs. Nitin Garg & Ors.' in ECIR bearing no. ECIR/STF/02/2022 for offence punishable under Section 3 & 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (`PMLA'), and for directing the release of petitioner.

2. In the present case, an FIR bearing no. 807/2021 was registered on 05.12.2021 at Police Station Kalkaji, New Delhi under Sections 417/420/120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (`IPC') and another FIR bearing no. 190/2021 was registered under Sections 417/420/468/471/120B of IPC, against one M/s. Grand Prospect International Communication Pvt. Ltd. (`GPICPL') on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (`MCA').

3. In brief, the allegations in the said FIR are that certain Chinese shareholders of GPICPL had used forged identification documents and falsified addresses, while projecting it