Anil Tuteja v. Director Directorate of Enforcement

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2021 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 2688

CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Arvind Singh Chandel, J.
Anil Tuteja v. Director Directorate of Enforcement

Table of Content
1. overview of anticipatory bail applications and case registration. (Para 1 , 2)
2. details of allegations against applicants regarding money laundering. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. discussion on jurisdiction of the courts and provisions of pmla. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. clarification on burden of proof in money laundering cases. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. legal basis for granting anticipatory bail in economic offences. (Para 12 , 13 , 14)
6. final decision on granting anticipatory bail with conditions. (Para 15 , 16 , 17)

1. Since both the anticipatory bail applications arise out of a common offence and crime / ECIR case registered with the Directorate of Enforcement, they are heard and disposed of together.

2. The instant are first applications for grant of anticipatory bail to the Applicants. They are apprehending their arrest in connection with Crime / ECIR No.ECIR / RPSZO / 01/2019 registered with the Directorate of Enforcement, Raipur (now, as submitted by Learned Assistant Solicitor General, said ECIR case has been transferred to the Directorate of Enforcement, New Delhi) for offence punishable under S.3 and S.4 of the Prevention of Money - Laundering Act, 2002 (''PMLA'' for brevity