Gajendra Narayan v. The Union Of India Through The Assistant Director, Directorate Of Enforcement, Govt. Of India, 1st

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20587 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2017 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Patna ====================================================== GAJENDRA NARAYAN Son of Ram Lakhan Yadav Resident of Village - Bardih (Bardi), P.S.- Salaiya, District - Aurangabad, At the relevant time resided at all, 3rd Floor, Paperwali Gali, East Baldev Park, P.S.- Jagatpuri, New Delhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Union of India through the Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Govt. of India, 1st Floor, Chandpura Place, Bank Road, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Priyanka Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. K.N. Singh(A.S.G.) Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, UOI ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 10-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

Petitioner is accused in connection with Special Case No. (PMLA) 04 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that earlier prayer of the petitioner for grant of regular bail was rejected twice by this Court vide orders dated 02.12.2019 and 29.02.2020 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 50340 of 2019 and 12425 of 2020 respectively. Further he submits that the fresh ground

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20587 of 2022(5) dt.10-08-2022 2/2 for grant of bail of the petitioner is that petitioner is in custody since 13.01.2020.

Having considered the above facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge/Special Judge, Patna in connection with Special Case No. (PMLA) 04 of 2018 subject to the following conditions:

i) one of the sureties must be a close relative of the petitioner.

ii) the petitioner will appear on each and every date fixed by the Trial Court. If the petitioner fails to appear on two consecutive dates, his bail bound shall be cancelled. shailendra/- (Arvind Srivastava, J) U T