Chetan Gupta vs Directorate of Enforcement

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 452

ANOOP CHITKARA
Chetan Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Directorate of Enforcement – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Vikram K. Chaudhri Senior, Advocate, Ms. Hargun Sandhu, Mr. S.S. Saron, Mr. S.V. Raju Senior, Advocate, Mr. Arvind Moudgil, Mr. Shahil Rangra, Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Mr. Naveen Kumar, Ms. Bhawna Gandhi, Mr. Sukhdev Singh AAG, Punjab

JUDGMENT :

Anoop Chitkara, J.

ECIR No	Dated	Sections
JLZO/01/2013	-	Section 3 r/w 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [PMLA]

Predicate offence	Dated	Police Station	Sections
FIR No.5	23.03.2007	Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana	409, 420, 465, 467, 471, 201, 120-B IPC and 7, 8,9, 13(1) (c), 13(1) (d) r/w 13(2) and 14 of PC Act, 1988

1. All these petitions, CRM-M No.39214 of 2020, CRM-M No.30807 of 2021 and CRM-M No.30808 of 2021 are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Aggrieved by registration of ECIR captioned above under ‘The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002’ [PMLA], based on a predicate offence, which now stands closed, the petitioner has come up before this Court under Section 482 CrPC mainly with the following prayer:-

“(a) Quash ECIR NO. JLZO/01/2013 registered by the Respondent No.1 Directorate of Enforcement for an offence under Section 3 read with Section 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom including:-

i) Show Cause Notice dated 05.08.2020 (Annexure P-25) purportedly issued under Section 63(3) PMLA fo

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 452

ANOOP CHITKARAChetan Gupta – AppellantVersusDirectorate of Enforcement – Respondent

ANOOP CHITKARA
Chetan Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Directorate of Enforcement – Respondent