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2022 (8) TMI 1329 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURTSeeking appropriate relief with regard to a summons issued to the petitioner under Sections 50 (2) and (3) of the PMLA, 2002 - certain relaxations in the matter of the power of a police officer to require attendance of witnesses particularly where the witness is a woman - whether the petitioner should come within the framework of Section 160 of the Cr.P.C.? HELD THAT:- Admittedly, the two other persons who were granted relief by the Supreme Court come under the same ECIR which is ECIR/17/HIU/2020. There is hence no basis for disallowing the prayer of the petitioner being questioned by the E.D. at its zonal office in Kolkata. It is also pertinent to mention that the petitioner has not been named as an accused in the proceedings. This is also the submission of the E.D. The decisions shown on behalf of the E.D. do not apply in the facts of the present case since the petitioner therein had prayed for quashing of the proceedings. Hence, an interim measure of protection, the Enforcement Directorate is directed to question the petitioner at its zonal office at Kolkata in September or whenever the petitioner is summoned by the E.D. List this matter after five weeks.
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