ANUP MAJEE vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 13.06.2025 + BAIL APPLN.2070/2025 & CRL.M.A. 16931/2025 ANUP MAJEE ....Applicant versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Applicant : Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Siddharth Yadav, Mr. Sirhaan Seth, Mr. Survonil Saha, Mr. Aman Akhtar and Ms. Sneha Bakshi Ram, Advocates. For the Respondent : Mr. Ansh Singh Luthra, Special Counsel with Mr. Madhav Kumar and Mr. Manmeet Singh, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA TEJAS KARIA, J (Oral) 1. The present Application is filed for seeking anticipatory bail under Sections 45 and 65 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’) read with Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) in connection with ECIR/HIU/17/2020 registered at HIU, Directorate of Enforcement under Sections 3 and 14 of PMLA. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 2. The Applicant was a director of company in the name and style of Mark Enclave Pvt. Ltd (‘MEPL’). MEPL is engaged in the business of purchase and sale of coal. Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA BAIL APPLN.2070/2025 Signing Date:16.06.2025 Page 1 of 21 02:59:11 3. On 07.08.2020, a raid was conducted by official(s) of Eastern Coalfield Limited („ECL‟) at Railway Siding No.1 located at Pandaveswar, wherein 9.50 Metric Tonnes of coal was recovered and seized. On 05.11.2020, search and seizure operation(s) were carried out by the Income Tax Department at the Applicants‟ business premises under Section 132(4) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 („IT Act‟). 4. The CBI, Kolkata, registered an FIR being RC No. RC0102020A0022 dated 27.11.2020 („FIR‟) against the Applicant and other identified public and private person(s) under Sections 409 and 120B of the