M/S H G MEHTA AND CO PVT LTD THROUGH PANKAJ MUKUNDRAY SHETH vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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905-WP-2843-2025-(CR).odt Digitally signed by SUNNY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY SUNNY ANKUSHRAO ANKUSHRAO THOTE THOTE Date: 2025.08.25 10:20:56 +0530 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2843 OF 2025 M/s. H. G. Mehta & Co. Pvt. Ltd. through its Director Mr. Pankaj Mukundray Sheth Age : 48 Yrs., Office No. 15, 3rd Floor, Friends Union Premises Co-operative Society Ltd., 227, P.D’Mello Road, Near GPO, Mumbai – 400 001. ...Petitioner Versus 1. Union of India through the Director of Enforcement Directorate of Enforcement (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Pravartan Bhawan Dr. A.P.J. Adul kalam Road New Delhi – 110 001. 2. The Deputy Director Directorate of Enforcement (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Mumbai Zonal Office – II Unit No.301, 302 & 303, Ceejay House Dr. Annie Besant Raod, Worali Mumbai – 400 018. 3. The Hon’ble Adjudicating Authority (PMLA) Room No.26, 4th Floor, Jeevandeep Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi – 110001. 4. The Chief Commissioner of Customs Mumbai Zone – II, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH), Nhava Sheva, Tal : Uran, District Raigad, Maharashtra – 400707. SUNNY THOTE 1 of 10 905-WP-2843-2025-(CR).odt 5. State of Maharashtra Through the Public Prosecutor High Court, Mumbai. ...Respondents Mr. L.S. Shetty a/w Mr. Niranjan Shimpi, Mr. Jhaman Singh, Ms. Juhi Masani i/by Shetty, Malhotra & Associates, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs. Manisha Jagtap, Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr. Jitendra Mishra a/w Ms. Sangeeta Yadav, Mr. Umesh Gupta, Mr. Rupesh Dubey, Advocate for Respondent No.4. Mr. Y.Y. Dabake, APP for Respondent No.5/State. CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, JJ. DATE : 22nd AUGUST, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT : (PER : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and hea