Cattle smuggling | High Court asks Enforcement Directorate to respond to bail plea of Sukanya Mondal in money laundering case

The Delhi High Court on July 5 sought response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea of Sukanya Mondal, arrested in a money laundering case related to cattle smuggling in West Bengal.

The Delhi High Court on July 5 sought response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea of Sukanya Mondal, arrested in a money laundering case related to cattle smuggling in West Bengal.

Ms. Sukanya Mondal is a daughter of Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, who too is under judicial custody in the same case.

Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to the ED on the bail plea and asked it to file a status report in the case.

The High Court posted the matter for hearing on August 9, the date when another petition filed by Ms. Sukanya Mondal challenging her arrest has been listed.

Ms. Sukanya Mondal, who was arrested by the ED on April 26, has challenged a trial court's June 1 order that had dismissed her bail plea.

Advocate Amit Kumar, representing Ms. Sukanya Mondal, submitted that she is a "young woman" of 31 years of age and that the trial court denied her bail without appreciating facts and relevant law in true and correct perspective.

"The petitioner is no more required in custody for the purpose of this case as the ED has completed its investigation and has already filed the supplementary complaint qua her," the plea said, claiming Ms. Sukanya Mondal was innocent and falsely implicated in the case.