2017 (5) TMI 731

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..... or the Respondent ORDER Sudip Ahluwalia, J. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in Criminal Complaint No.1 dated 22.01.2016 in case ECIR No.02/JLZO/2013 filed by the Enforcement Directorate under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for short, Rs. the PMLA') which is pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, Patiala. 2. There are several persons including .....

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..... his father Chunni Lal Gaba and brother Gurjit Kumar Gaba are the Directors. With this contention, the pre-arrest bail is sought for the Petitioner on the ground of parity with another accused, namely, Harmesh Kumar Gaba, his paternal uncle, to whom, we had granted such anticipatory bail by our Order dated 28.2.2017 rendered in CRM-M-42455-2016 (Annexure P-11). 4. We have heard the submissions of .....

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..... urjit Kumar Gaba in the year 2012-13. The Petitioner also has an influential Political Profile and happens to be President of the Municipal Committee, Goraya. He is thus stated to have provided protection to his father and younger brother for indulging in Drug Trafficking while holding such influential Office. 6. For the aforesaid reasons, we do not consider it to be a fit case for grant of antic .....

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