2023 INSC 1073 REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.3840 OF 2023
@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (Crl.) No. 8847/2023
SAUMYA CHAURASIA …APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT …RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
BELA M. TRIVEDI, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The order dated 23.06.2023 passed by the High Court of
Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Miscellaneous Criminal Case No.
1258/2023 is assailed by way of present Appeal, whereby the High
Court has dismissed the bail application filed by the appellant under
Section 439 of Cr.P.C. The appellant was arrested on 02.12.2022 in
connection with the Crime No. ECIR/RPZ0/09/2022 dated
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29.09.2022, registered at the Police Station/Investigating Agency -
Directorate of Enforcement, Zonal Office Raipur, Chhattisgarh, for
the offences punishable under Sections 186, 204, 353, 384, 120-B
of IPC read with Sections 3 and 4 of Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002 (for short “PML Act”).
3. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts in brief as emerging from the
record, may be stated as under:
Dates Particulars 30.06.2022 A search and seizure action under Section 132 of
the Income Tax Act was carried out against an
individual named Suryakant Tiwari, who was at the
time of search and seizure found at Room No. 664,
Hotel Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, Bengaluru. 12.07.2022 Shri Pakkiresh Badami, Deputy Director of...