JUDGMENT :

RAVINDRA MAITHANI, J.

1. The challenge in this petition is made to the proceedings of Complaint Case No. 3 of 2022, Directorate of Enforcement, Govt. of India vs. M/s Luxmi Auto Industries (through its partners Satish Kumar Gupta and Parminder Singh) and Others, under Section 3 read with 70 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for short “the Act”), pending before the court of Special Judge (PMLA)/District and Sessions Judge, Dehradun (for short “the case”).

2. Facts necessary to appreciate the controversy briefly stated are as follows. According to the case, the petitioners being partners of M/S Luxmi Auto Industries, B-2 Industrial Estate, Ramnagar, Roorkee, District Haridwar forged certain documents, cheated the Central Bank of India (for short “the Bank”) and obtained a loan of Rs. 1.71 Crores. According to the case, various documents were fabricated and falsely prepared by the petitioners. It was done with the conspiracy of the bank officials. An FIR was filed by the CBI on 23.07.2009, in which, after investigation, a charge-sheet has already been submitted. In the year 2022, a complaint under the Act has been filed against the petitioners and others w