JUDGMENT :

M. Duraiswamy, J.

Common Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 read with section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to enlarge the petitioners on bail pertaining to ECIR No.ECIR/MDSZO/04/2018 pending investigation on the file of the respondent.

1. The petitioners, namely, N.Umashankar @ N.M.Umashankar V.Janarthanan, N.Arunkumar and Saravanakumar, are arrayed as accused Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 9, respectively in ECIR No.ECIR/MDSZO/ 04/2018, on the file of the Court of Principal Sessions Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.

2. The Division Bench of this Court, by order dated 10.03.2021, granted bail to the petitioners. Aggrieved over the order passed by the Division Bench, the respondent filed Appeals before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.L.P. (Crl.) Nos. 7563-7565 of 2021 and the Apex Court, by order dated 22.11.2021, set aside the order dated 10.03.2021 and relegated the parties before this Court for reconsideration of Criminal Original Petitions to be decided in accordance with law.

3. Pursuant to the order passed by the Apex Court, the learned counsel on either side made their submissions in the bail petitions.

4. It