LEENA PAULOSE vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

$~P-2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 08.04.2026 Pronounced on: 05.05.2026 Uploaded on: 05.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4657/2024 & CRL.M.A. 38115/2024, 18039/2025, CRL.M.As. 32921-32922/2025 LEENA PAULOSE .....Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Appearances:- For Petitioner: Mr. Anant Malik, Mr. Paul John, Mr. Kunal Narwal and Ms. Ananya Chandra, Advocates. For Respondent: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Spl. SC with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel, Mr. Kanishk Maurya, Mr. Prekshit Chauna, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of this application, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], read with Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [“PMLA”], the petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with ECIR/54/DLZO-II/2021, dated 08.08.2021, under Sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA. 2. I have heard Mr. Anant Malik, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Vivek Gurnani, learned counsel for the Directorate of Enforcement [“ED”]. The counter affidavit of the respondent is also on 3. The prosecution case, as it emerges from the material on record, is summarised hereinbelow: A.