Jacqueline Fernandez moves Delhi HC for quashing of FIR against her in money laundering case
The Hindu
Jacqueline Fernandez seeks to quash FIR in ED's ₹200 crore money laundering case. Petition claims she is an innocent victim with no involvement.
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has approached the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the FIR against her in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) ₹200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
The petition, which is likely to come for hearing during the week, has also sought to quash the second supplementary charge sheet filed by the ED in the case and related proceedings pending before a trial court in Delhi.
“At the outset it is submitted that evidence filed by the Directorate of Enforcement would prove that the petitioner (Ms. Fernandez) is an innocent victim of Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s maliciously targeted attack. There is absolutely no indication that she had any involvement whatsoever in aiding him to launder his purportedly ill-gotten wealth. Hence, she cannot be prosecuted for the offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,” she submitted in the petition.
It said the prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed against her confirmed that nowhere it has been alleged that she had the knowledge about the nefarious activities of accused no. 1 (Chandrasekhar) in extorting money from complainant Aditi Singh.
“The entire complaint is silent about even a remote allegation of knowledge as attributed to the petitioner. It is impossible to suggest that the petitioner knowingly engaged in any of the activities that is today punished by Section 3 of the PMLA,” the plea said.
Ms. Fernandez said she has been presented as a prosecution witness in the predicate offence in which the FIR was lodged by the Special Cell of Delhi Police and added that her statement has been recorded in that case which leads to a favourable conclusion in her favour.
This supports the contention that she had no knowledge whatsoever of the predicate offence committed by Chandrasekhar and his associates, she said.
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