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TMI Blog2023 (6) TMI 247X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... plication of Assistant Director of Enforcement filed under Section 167 of the Cr.P.C. read with Section 65 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 for seeking remand of Anil Bhagwandas Jaisinghani came to be rejected. 2. The applicant has stated that pursuant to the special intelligence regarding operation of the large scale Havala racket in international cricket betting through U.K. based website "www.betfair.com" one Shri Girish Parsottam Patel @ Tommy Patel and his associate Shri Kiran Jayantilal Mala (Thakkar), premises, identified as a farm house in village Sikandarpur, Nr. Ajwa Chokdi, Vadodara was searched on 19.3.2015 under Section 37 of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 which resulted in recovery and seizure of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... aid Mr. Paresh V. Asarpota confirmed through the documents so seized about the commission received from Maruti Ahmedabad, the bookie name which belongs to the main accused of the PMLA case. 6. On search being conducted in the premises of the present respondent on 22.5.2015 under PMLA, it is stated that the respondent did not cooperate and his family members created ruckus and disrupted the search and thus the officers had to leave the place without completing the Panchnama. Thereafter, various summons were issued to him but he did not cooperate and thus, the Special Court, Ahmedabad was pleased to issue non-bailable warrant on 30.5.2015 against the respondent who thereafter approached this Court by filing Special Application no. 6719 of 20 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Taloja Central Prison after the interrogation by the applicant. Thus, the applicant states that since the learned Court Mumbai has already handed over the custody of the respondent to M.P. Police in CR no. 113 of 2020 of PS Dhar, MP and thus, after the respondent accused was relodged in Taloja Central Prison by MP police the custody was taken from Taloja Central Prison on 7.4.2023 and in compliance of the order of the PMLA Court, the accused was produced before the Court on 7.4.2023 to seek custodial interrogation which was granted vide order dated 7.4.2023 and accordingly, the accused was taken to Directorate of Enforcement and examined under Section 50 of the PMLA, 2002 on 8.4.2023. The applicant states that during the course of the stat ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e ascertained from the accused who had been absconding and evading the investigation since 2015. 10. ASG Mr. Vyas stated that the respondent is involved in bootlegging case in MP, rape case in Goa in connection with extortion and forgery case in Azad Maidan, Mumbai, shows his involvement in various criminal cases in multiple states. It is stated that the remand application was moved for 10 days of the respondent which came to be rejected on very flimsy grounds that the respondent is suffering from blood pressure. Mr. Vyas submitted that the medical officer of VS hospital, Ahmedabad had issued the medical check up certificate and on perusal of the same, the learned Designated Judge came to the conclusion that the prima facie from the docume ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the respondent is allowed to be in the remand custody of the applicant, then he has the apprehension that he would be killed by the authority or by other person or sponsored by some interested person and thus, stated that the life of the respondent would be at risk and thus, contended that the investigating officer can take the liberty and exercise the liberty granted by filing an application for the purpose of interrogation of the accused during the judicial custody. 12. The grounds as observed for rejection of remand application is noting the medical condition of the accused on record, as was perused of the medical check up certificate issued by the Medical Officer of VS hospital, Ahmedabad and accordingly, it was observed that the bloo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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