Mumbai: Opposing a petition by the former Maharashtra home Minister Anil Deshmukh To be released from jail on default bail, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said the court, which has not taken cognizance of the chargesheet against him in the money laundering case, is of no relevance or any help to his plea for liberty.
Deshmukh said he was sent to judicial custody for another 14 days on December 27, 2021. His 60-day custody ended on January 1, 2022, and immediately on January 2, 2022, he filed default bail, which is a provision under section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), where if the investigation is completed. Until then, he can seek bail. His counsel submitted that since no cognizance of the chargesheet was taken and the court had not declared that the investigation was complete, he was entitled to such bail.
But Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, making his submissions to the ED through video conferencing, said that there was no need to take such cognizance after the chargesheet was filed in the case on December 27, 2021, hence dismissed his plea. Go. , Singh said that the right of default (not on the merit of the case) bail lapses even if the chargesheet is filed in the court’s registry within the legally mandated time limit.
The special PMLA court on Friday heard the case for Deshmukh’s counsel Vikram Choudhary and Aniket Nikomo to reconnect.
Deshmukh said he was sent to judicial custody for another 14 days on December 27, 2021. His 60-day custody ended on January 1, 2022, and immediately on January 2, 2022, he filed default bail, which is a provision under section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), where if the investigation is completed. Until then, he can seek bail. His counsel submitted that since no cognizance of the chargesheet was taken and the court had not declared that the investigation was complete, he was entitled to such bail.
But Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, making his submissions to the ED through video conferencing, said that there was no need to take such cognizance after the chargesheet was filed in the case on December 27, 2021, hence dismissed his plea. Go. , Singh said that the right of default (not on the merit of the case) bail lapses even if the chargesheet is filed in the court’s registry within the legally mandated time limit.
The special PMLA court on Friday heard the case for Deshmukh’s counsel Vikram Choudhary and Aniket Nikomo to reconnect.
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