JUDGMENT :

Chandra Dhari Singh, J.

1. The present application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in ECIR No.01/PMLA/LZO/2012 dated 14.04.2012 (Complaint No.115 of 2018), under Section 3/4 of Prevention of Money Laundring Act, 2002, Enforcement Agency E.D., District Lucknow.

2. Shri I.B. Singh, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Amit Shukla, learned counsel appearing for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is the erstwhile sleeping Director of M/s Surgicoin Medequip Pvt. Ltd. (for short 'company'). The respondent lodged the instant Enforcement Case Information Report (for short 'ECIR') against all the persons named in F.I.R. No. RC-1(A)/2012-CBI/SC.II/ New Delhi Dated 02.01.2012. The applicant was never named in the predicate offence and no first information report was lodged against him. He has also submitted that the applicant was also not named in the ECIR and no role whatsoever has been assigned in the ECIR.

3. Shri Singh has submitted that the Hon'ble High Court vide order dated 15.11.2011 passed in W.P. No.3611/2011 (PIL), W.P. No.3301/2011 (PIL) and W.P. No.2647/2011 (PIL) directed the Central Bureau of Investiga