HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
PRAVEER BHATNAGAR
MOHAMMED SADEEQUE S/O MOHAMMED ISHAQ – Appellant
Versus
DIRECTORATE OF RENFORCEMENT – Respondent
1. The accused petitioner has filed the present bail application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with ECIR No.JPZO/16/2025 dated 08.09.2025 registered by the Directorate of Enforcement, Zonal Office, Jaipur, for the offences punishable under Sections 3 read with Section 70 and Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for short, ‘PMLA’).
2. Learned counsel for the accused-petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and the arrest effected by the respondent- Directorate of Enforcement (for short, ‘DOE’) is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the PMLA. It is contended that regular banking transactions have been labelled as suspicious in the absence of any cogent material establishing generation, concealment, or projection of ‘proceeds of crime’ within the meaning of Section 2(1)(u) read with Section 3 of the PMLA. It is submitted that the petitioner belongs to a modest background and was engaged in a small-scale restaurant business under the name ‘Dubai Darbar’ besides carrying out charitable and religious activities through ‘Al-Furkan Educational Trust.’ It is
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