M/S. Mutiara Energy Holdings Ltd., v. The Directorate Of Enforcement, Rep.By Its, Assistant Director,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 17.02.2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN and Crl.M.P.Nos.2187 and 2189 of 2026 M/s.Mutiara Energy Holding Ltd., Rep. By its Authorised Representative, Mr.Salim Jhumka, 3rd Floor, Harbor Front Building, President John Kennedy Road, Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius.

.. Petitioner -vsThe Directorate of Enforcement, Rep. By its Assistant Director, Government of India, 2nd & 3rd Floor, C Block, Murugesa Naicker Office Complex, No.84, Greams Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai 600 006.

.. Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records pertaining to Spl.C.C.No.01 of 2022 on the file of Hon'ble XIII Additional Sessions Judge (Special Judge for CBI Cases), Chennai and quash the same.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.M.Kalicharan For Respondent :

Mr.V.Lokesh for Mr.N.Ramesh Spl. Public Prosecutor * * * * *

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) Heard.

2. Today, when the petition comes up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondent would submit that the statement made before the Court earlier is correct, as not only the predicate offence has been quashed in appropriate proceedings before the appropriate Court, but, on the said basis, the PMLA offence against the co-accused has also been quashed by a Division Bench of this Court by order dated 07.10.2025 in Crl.O.P.No.12147 of 2025.

3. We have gone through the contents of the petition and the order by which the predicate offence has been quashed by the Court as also the order of this Court dated 07.10.2025.

4. In our consideration, in view of orders mentioned aforesaid, the proceedings in Spl.C.C.No.01 of 2022 on the file of XIII Additional Sessions Judge (Special Judge for CBI Cases), Chennai, pending against the petitioner, who is Accused No.7, also deserves to be quashed and it is, accordingly, quashed.

This Crl.O.P. is, accordingly, allowed. Consequently, the interim applications stand closed.

(MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CJ.) (G.ARUL MURUGAN, J.) 17.02.2026 Index : Yes/No : Yes/No sra To 1.

The Assistant Director , Directorate of Enforcement, Government of India, 2nd & 3rd Floor, C Block, Murugesa Naicker Office Complex, No.84, Greams Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai 600 006.

2.

The XIII Additional Sessions Judge, (Special Judge for CBI Cases), Chennai.

3.

The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN, J.

(sra) 17.02.2026