JUDGMENT :

ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.

1. Heard the parties.

2. This Criminal Revision petition has been filed against the order dated 13.03.2018 passed by the learned Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 253 of 2018 arising out of ECIR/02/Pat/09/AD(D) by which the learned Special Judge, CBI has rejected the petition for discharge of the petitioner and it transpires from the record that subsequently the charges for the offences punishable under section 3 and 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 have been framed inter-alia against the petitioner and his private secretary namely Uma Shankar Malviya along with Ajay Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Santoshi Devi during the check period from March 2005 to July, 2009; while the petitioner was a Member of Legislative Assembly and Minister of Health and Labour, Government of Jharkhand, having directly or indirectly indulged in process and activities in connection with proceeds of crime of the schedule offence and knowingly have obtained/acquired huge properties and made bank transactions in the Jharkhand and other states by involving in process and activities connected with the proceeds of the crime of the schedule o