VEDPAL SINGH TANWAR vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 09.06.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 09.06.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4102/2024 VEDPAL SINGH TANWAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sumer Singh Boparai, Mr. Sirhaan Seth, Mr. Surya Pratap Singh and Ms. Sanskriti Shakuntala Gupta, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Standing Counsel for ED (through videoconferencing) CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT GIRISH KATHPALIA, J.: 1. The accused/applicant seeks bail under Section 45/65 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as “the PML Act”) read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in the Prosecution Complaint no.1929/2024 arising out of ECIR/HIU- 1/08/2023 of PS HIU, Directorate of Enforcement (DoE) for offence under Section 3 and 4 of the PML Act The bail is sought on merits as well as on medical grounds. I heard senior counsel for the accused/applicant and the BAIL APPLN. 4102/2024 Page 1 of 22 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.06.09 19:13:04 +05'30' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:09.06.2025 19:41:47 Special Public Prosecutor for DoE, assisted by the Investigating Officer (IO) in prelunch session today. PRELUDE 2. During pendency of this bail application before the predecessor bench, the accused/applicant also filed a miscellaneous application bearing no. CRL.M.(BAIL) 131/2025 seeking interim bail on medical grounds. Vide order dated 27.01.2025, the predecessor bench granted interim bail for a period of six weeks to the accused/applicant, directing him to surrender immediately after expiry of six weeks from the date of release. 2.1 Once the accused/