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2018 (12) TMI 1247 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURTOffence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act - bail application - applicant did not surrender before the court - Held that:- The conduct of the applicant that she did not surrender before the court below since July 2015 when the present case as well as all the other three cases were registered against the applicant also and she avoided her arrest and did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate for interrogation. The trial court has also issued a non-bailable warrant against her when she did not respond to the summon issued to her. Ultimately, she surrendered on 5.9.2018 before the trial court. Thus, she appears to have absconded for three years from the due process of law. Hence the case of the applicant is distinguishable from the case of her daughters who have been granted bail by this Court who were involved in only one case. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on merit of the case, we are of the view that the applicant does not deserve to be granted bail. The bail application is accordingly rejected. However, taking into account the order of the Apex Court, it is directed that the applicant shall not be arrested till 10.1.2019 in order to enable her to avail the remedy before the appropriate forum, if she further wants to seek, failing which the trial court is at liberty to take coercive action against her to secure her presence if she does not surrender before the trial court after 10.01.2019.
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