JUDGMENT :

SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD, J.

Prayer:

1. The instant application has been filed under Section 439 and 440 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 praying for grant of bail in connection with Case No. ECIR-04/2022, registered under Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of PML Act, 2022.

Factual Matrix of the Case:

2. The prosecution story in brief as per the allegation made in the instant ECIR/complaint reads as under:

The case of prosecution in brief is that the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, was initiated by recording an ECIR bearing no. 3/2022 based on the FIR no. 85/2020 dt. 22.06.2020 of one Sambhu Nandan Kumar at Barharwa Police Station, Distt-Sahebganj, Jharkhand against accused Pankaj Mishra and others. It is alleged that the accused persons threatened the above complainant over the phone not to participate in the tender of Barharwa Toll, and on the refusal of which the complainant was attacked by a mob, on the behest of the accused persons. Subsequently, the charge sheet no. 231/2020 dated 30.11.2020 was filed in the court at Rajmahal, Distt Sahebganj. Further, the agency took several other FIRs related to the matter along with the above ca