2026:CGHC:10603 AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ORDER RESERVED ON 24.02.2026 ORDER DELIVERED ON 28.02.2026 ORDER UPLOADED ON 28.02.2026 MCRC No. 1653 of 2026

1 - Saumya Chaurasia D/o Lt. Shri O.N. Chaurasia Aged About 46 Years R/o A/21, Surya Residency Junwani Road Kohka Bhilai Durg Chhattisgarh, (Currently Under Judicial Custody At Central Jail Raipur (C.G.) )

... Applicant(s)

versus

1 - Directorate Of Enforcement, Raipur Zonal Office, Through Its Assistant Director Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh 2nd Floor, Subhash Stadium Moti, Bagh, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001.

... Respondent(s)

(Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma)

C A V Order

The present matter arises out of ECIR No. ECIR/RPZO/04/2024 dated 11.04.2024 registered by the Directorate of Enforcement, Raipur Zonal Office under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) on the basis of a predicate offence registered by EOW/ACB, Raipur.

BRIEF FACTS

2. The prosecution case pertains to an alleged large-scale liquor procurement and distribution scam in the State of Chhattisgarh during the period 2019 to 2023, resulting in alleged generation of proceeds of crime amounting to approximately Rs. 2883 crores, out of