DR KISHORE BISURE vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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09.BA.4055.2024 Ajay / Amberkar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 4055 OF 2024 Dr. Kishore Bisure .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Niranjan Mundargi a/w Mr. Subir Sarkar, a/w Sumit Erande a/w Ms. Keral Mehta, Advocates for Applicant.  Mr. D.J. Haldankar, APP for Respondent No. 1 – State.  Mr.H.S. Venegavkar a/w Mr. Aayush Kedia, Advocates for Respondent No. 2 – ED. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : FEBRUARY 12, 2025. JUDGEMENT: 1. The present Application is filed by the Applicant – Accused No. 21 for grant of bail under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) read with Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for short ‘PMLA’) in connection with ECIR No. ECIR/MBZO-1/63/2022 registered for offence under Section 3 and 4 of the PMLA. 2. Applicant was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (for short ‘ED’) on 19.07.2023. Applicant is incarcerated for 1 year 6 months 25 days. The Special Court rejected the bail Application preferred by the Application in Special PMLA Case No. 1500 of 2023 vide order dated 04.05.2024. Hence, the present Bail Application. 1 Applicant is Accused No. 2 in the Prosecution Complaint filed by ED. 1 of 30 09.BA.4055.2024 3. The predicate offence was registered on 24.08.2022 as FIR No. 0756 of 2022 with Azad Maidan Police Station, Mumbai for offences punishable under Sections 120B, 304A, 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 readwith 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’). On 12.10.2022 the case was transferred to Economic Offence Wing (for short ‘EOW’) Mumbai and renumbered as FIR No. 144 of 2022. Subsequently ECIR No. ECIR/MBZO-1/63/2022 was registered on