C A V ORDER

The applicant has come up before this Court under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita [BNSS] 2023 read with Section 45 of the PMLA on behalf of the applicant originating from Case File bearing No. ECIR/RPZO/04/2023 dated 14.10.2023 registered with Enforcement Directorate Office [ED] for the offence punishable under Section 3 read with Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

FACTUAL ASPECTS

2. Facts of the case as revealed against the applicant is that he was engaged in the business of rice milling. On 15.05.2024, the applicant was arrested in the ECIR and was remanded to the police custody of the ED on 21.05.2024 to 27.05.2024 and thereafter the applicant has been remanded to judicial custody and now he is incarcerated in judicial custody at Central Jail, Raipur. Earlier, the applicant had filed application seeking regular bail before the learned Special Judge (PMLA) ASJ-04, Raipur and vide order dated 07.08.2024 dismissed the application. On 18.07.2023, a search operation under Section 132 of the IT Act was carried out by the officials of the Income Tax Department at various premises including the residential premises of the applicant as