2022 (7) TMI 1467

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..... arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Heard Mr. T.K. Mohanty, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Bibekananda Nayak, learned counsel appearing for the Enforcement Directorate. This bail application has been filed against the rejection order of the learned Sessions Judge, Khurda, Bhubaneswar dated 02.04.2019 passed in Crl. Misc. (PMLA) Case No.34 of 2016. It is not disputed tha .....

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..... and unless the petitioner satisfies the twin conditions mentioned in such section, he cannot be released on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance in the case of Nikesh Tarachand Saha -Vrs.- Union of India reported in (2018) 11 SCC 1, wherein it was held that section 45(1) of the PML Act, insofar as it imposes twin conditions for release on bail was held to be unconstitutional .....

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..... e date of release. The petitioner shall surrender before the learned trial Court immediately on the expiry of the six months period. For the above period, let the petitioner be released on interim bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing bail bond of Rs.2,00,000/- (rupees two lakh) with two local solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin over the .....

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