New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate to respond to the plea seeking default bail of former minister Satyendar Jain, jailed in a money laundering case.
Justice Swarnkant Sharma issued notice to ED and asked it to file a status report on the case.
The court also sought nominal release of Jain from jail and listed the matter for further hearing on July 9.
Jain is accused of money laundering through four companies allegedly linked to him.
He has challenged the May 15 order of the trial court, under which he was refused default bail in the case.
Jain has argued that the ED has failed to complete the investigation in all the cases within the statutory period and the prosecution complaint (charge sheet), which was incomplete, was filed in an attempt to deprive him of his right to default bail under the provisions of Section Was done. Section 167(2) of CrPC.
ED had arrested Jain on May 30, 2022 in a money laundering case based on the CB FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was granted regular bail by a trial court in the case registered by the CBI on September 6, 2019.
Justice Swarnkant Sharma issued notice to ED and asked it to file a status report on the case.
The court also sought nominal release of Jain from jail and listed the matter for further hearing on July 9.
Jain is accused of money laundering through four companies allegedly linked to him.
He has challenged the May 15 order of the trial court, under which he was refused default bail in the case.
Jain has argued that the ED has failed to complete the investigation in all the cases within the statutory period and the prosecution complaint (charge sheet), which was incomplete, was filed in an attempt to deprive him of his right to default bail under the provisions of Section Was done. Section 167(2) of CrPC.
ED had arrested Jain on May 30, 2022 in a money laundering case based on the CB FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was granted regular bail by a trial court in the case registered by the CBI on September 6, 2019.
