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2023 (9) TMI 1380 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Money Laundering - seeking quashing of the ECIR - summons dated 8.6.2023 issued by the Enforcement Directorate - provisional attachment of property - HELD THAT:- In the instant case, cash amounting to a total of Rs. 49.80 Crore and gold & jewellery valued at more than Rs. 5.08 Crore has already been seized from Ms. Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of Shri Partha Chatterjee. The ED has also provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 71.18 Crores in this recruitment scam by way of issuance of 3 Provisional Attachment Orders (PAOs) so far in addition to the cash and gold seizure. The total seizure and attachment in the case stands at Rs. 126 Crore (approx.).
The E.D. in this case before this Court has relied upon only the 4th Supplementary Complaint. As such, except the statement of Sujay Krishna Bhadra (an accused who is in custody) no materials were produced by E.D. before this Court to relate the petitioner with the ECIR under challenge - no coercive measures would be taken against the petitioner by the E.D. without adhering to Section 19 of the PMLA, 2002.
Revision disposed off.