JUDGMENT :

SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J.

CRL.M.A. 3708/2020 in CRL.M.C. 906/2020 CRL.M.A. 5241/2019 in W.P.(CRL) 723/2019

1. The present applications under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’) have been filed on behalf of the petitioner, seeking issuance of necessary directions including ad- interim ex-parte order restraining the respondent from contemplating any proceedings including criminal proceedings against the petitioner in case arising out of Enforcement Case Information Report (‘ECIR’) No. ECIR/320/DZ-1/2009, and CT No. 18/2018 filed by the Directorate of Enforcement under Section 44 and 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’), till the above-captioned petitions are adjudicated by this Court.

2. Factual background of the case is that the Central Bureau of Investigation (‘CBI’) had registered an FIR No. RC-AC2-2007- A0003 on 08.10.2007, for offences under Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988(‘PC Act’) and Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). It was alleged that Major General Anand Kumar Kapur, the petitioner herein, while serving in various capacities in the Indian Army from 14.11