IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51347 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2024 Thana- E.C.I.R (GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL)

District- Patna ======================================================

Sandip Kumar Singh Son of Lal Bahadur Singh Resident of 3rd floor, 1/1A, Motilal sen lane, Narkeldanga, P.S.- Narkeldanga, P.O- Narkeldanga, kolkata 700911 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The Union of India through the assistant director, Directorate of enforcement, 1st Floor, Chandpura Place, Bank Road, West Gandhi Maidan road, Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. P.N. Shahi, Sr. Advocate Mr. Amit Anand, Advocate Mr. Pushkar Prashant, Advocate For the Respondent/UOI/ED : Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh (A.S.G.)

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Raghav Raj Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY CAV ORDER

5 22-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered in connection with Special Trial PMLA Case No. 02 of 2025, arising out of ECIR No. PTZO/05/2024, registered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘PMLA’).

3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the petitioner made accused in this case ECIR/PTZ0/05/2024 dated 14.03.2024 relying upon three FIRs viz 1. FIR bearing No. 933 of 2023 dated 18.11.2023 of Nagar P.S. Vaishali, under Sections 409, 420, 67, 468, 471 and 120B 2. FIR No. 629/2023 dated

13/03/2023 relying upon three FIR's viz 1. FIR bearing No 933/23 dated 18/11/2023 of Nagar P.S. Vaishali, u/s 409,420,67,468,471/120B. 2. FIR No;- 629/2023 dated 13/03/2023 of Nagar P.S. Vaishali, u/s 379 & 420 and 3. FIR No;- 785/23 dated 30/09/2023 registered in Nagar PS Vaishali, u/s 409,420,467,468 & 471 of I.P.C.

4. A financial irregularity took place in the Vaishali Shahri Vikas Cooperative Bank Ltd., Hajipur, wherein several officials of the said bank, in collusion with private individuals and entities, allegedly committed offences such as cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, and misappropriation of public funds, resulting in the generation of proceeds of crime to the tune of approximately Rs. 83.50 Crores. The ED has alleged that the petitioner along with others was involved in layering and utilization of these alleged Proceed of Crime (in short ‘PoC’). It has been further submitted by the learned advocate of the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case without any cogent or credible evidence linking him to the commission of any offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Petitioner has no direct or indirect role in the commission of the alleged scheduled offence nor he has been named as an accused in any of the FIRs relied upon for the registration of impugned ECIR/PTZO/05/2024.

5. It is further submitted that petitioner has not derived or obtained any monetary gain personal enrichment or pecuniary advantage and petitioner does not own or possess any movable or immovable property traceable to the alleged PoC. The petitioner was merely working in a supervisory capacity in the firm RSDR Agri Aqua Llp for a monthly remuneration of Rs. 25,000/- and had no involvement in the decision making process or financial control of the operation. No incriminating document has been produced to indicate that petitioner derived any monetary benefit or had any knowledge about the illicit origin of the funds. It has been further submitted that the petitioner is a chronic diabetic and requires daily insulin therapy, including subcutaneous injections of long-acting insulin analogues and prandial insulin and his wife is also suffering from uterine fibroid disease.

6. As against this the learned counsel for the ED has vehemently opposed the bail prayer of the peti