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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
VIKAS MAHAJAN, J
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT – Appellant
Versus
AKHILESH SINGH – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. introduction of case and initial facts regarding predicate offence. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. discussion on the relevance of acquittal in the predicate offence to pmla charges. (Para 6 , 7 , 9 , 18) |
| 3. concluding court stance on the non-persistence of money laundering charges post-acquittal. (Para 22 , 28 , 29) |
JUDGMENT
VIKAS MAHAJAN, J.
1. The present petition has been filed against the impugned order dated 09.10.2023 passed by the learned Special Judge (PC Act) (CBI)-10, Rouse Avenue Courts Complex, New Delhi in CT Case 30/2019 arising out of RC: ECIR/06/HIU/2017 under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (in short ‘PMLA’), whereby the respondents were discharged for the offences alleged in the complaint filed by the petitioner/Directorate of Enforcement (in short ‘ED’).
2. The facts in brief giving rise to the present petition are that the Jharkhand police had registered FIR No.21/2017 against the respondent nos.1 and 2 under Sections 419/420/467/468/471 IPC read with Section 120B IPC at PS Birsanagar, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).
3. All the offences invoked in the said FIR are scheduled offences under the PMLA and based on the same, a crimin
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