IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 24.02.2025 Directorate of Enforcement ...Petitioner Versus Lalit Goyal ... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.S.SHEKHAWAT Present : Mr. Zoheb Hosain, Special Counsel (through VC) with Mr. Lokesh Narang, Sr. Panel Counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. Vinod Ghai, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Gurmohan Singh Bedi, Advocate Mr. Pawandeep Singh, Advocate and Mr. A.V. Khanna, Advocate, for the respondent.

N.S.SHEKHAWAT , J. (Oral)

1. The Directorate of Enforcement (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the ED’) has filed the present petition under Section 528 of the BNSS with a prayer to set aside the order dated 31.01.2025 passed by the Court of Rajeev Goyal, Special Judge, under the PMLA, at Panchkula, whereby, the respondent has been granted the permission to travel abroad (USA) for a period of 09 days in case Complaint No. COMA-01 dated 14.01.2022 under Sections 44, 45, 3 and 4 of PMLA, 2002, District Panchkula.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the respondent has been arrayed as an accused in a criminal complaint case No. COMA-01/2022, which is pending before the Court of Special Judge/PMLA for violation of pro