JUDGMENT :

The argument was heard on behalf of the petitioner which was argued by Mr. S.D.Sanjay, the learned Senior counsel assisted by Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, the learned counsel and Mr. Ritesh Kumar Gupta, the learned vice counsel and on behalf of the Opposite Party-Enforcement Directorate (ED) Mr. Amit Kumar Das, the learned counsel assisted by Mrs. Swati Shalini, Mr. Shivam Utkarsh, Mr. Saurav Kumar, and Mr. Sahay Gaurav Piyush, the learned counsels and after hearing at length on that day i.e. on 26.09.2022, the judgment was reserved.

2. This petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 09.05.2022 passed in Misc. Criminal Application No.362 of 2022 by learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XVIII-cum-Special Judge, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Ranchi whereby the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 205 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) for dispensing with the personal appearance of the petitioner has been rejected in connection with ECIR 05/2021, corresponding to CNR-JHRN01-002561-2022, pending in the same learned court.

3. The complaint was filed under sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [hereinafter to be referred