Delhi court grants bail to man accused in case linked to illegal ₹329 crore overseas transfer
The Hindu
Delhi court grants bail in money laundering case involving illegal transfer of ₹329 crore abroad.
A Delhi court has granted bail to a man arrested in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal transfer of funds worth ₹329 crore outside India using "forged" import bills.
Additional Sessions Judge Aparna Swami granted relief to Jatin Chopra, who was taken into custody on September 15, 2024, saying that "owing to further investigation which is pending, the trial of the applicant cannot commence".
"If the applicant is left to languish in custody for the said further investigation to be completed, it would frustrate the objective of law which guarantees to the accused the right not to be detained beyond 90 days on account of pendency of the investigation," the judge said in an order passed on February 20.
Advocate Dhruv Gupta appeared for the applicant.
The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Chopra, claiming that he "failed" to join the probe despite being summoned several times.
The money laundering case stems from an FIR lodged by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.
The ED arrested Ashish Kumar Verma, Vipin Batra, Rupesh Batra and Mohan Madaan in the case in July last year.

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