IA No.1/26 CNR No. DLCT11-000331-2022 Complaint Case No.01/22 CIS No.21/2022 FIR No.ECIR/05/HIU/2017 ED Vs. Sukash Chandershekar @ Sukesh PS Directorate of Enforcement Under Section : 3 & 4 of PMLA ORDER

1. Applicant Sukash Chandershekar @ Sukesh has moved the present application seeking regular bail under section 483 read with section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

2. During the course of submissions, the arguments on behalf of the accused have been restricted to the plea for bail under section 479 (1) BNSS on the plea that the accused has now undergone detention for four years which is more than one half of the maximum period of detention specified for the offence under section 3, punishable under section 4 PMLA.

3. In view of the limited zone of consideration inter alia section 479 BNSS, the court would record at the outset that the out come of the plea is not contingent upon the merits of the allegations or the defence projected by the accused.

4. Yet, the allegations are noted, in brief, for context.

Allegations pertaining to the scheduled offence

5. The present ECIR No 05/HIU/2017 is predicated on the scheduled offence registered through FIR No.56/2017