Delhi High Court seeks Enforcement Directorate's reply on bail pleas of two co-accused in money-laundering case involving Satyendar Jain
The Hindu
The High Court listed the two bail pleas on December 20, along with Satyendar Jain's bail application.
The Delhi High Court on December 12 sought response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail pleas of two accused in a money-laundering case in which Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain is also facing prosecution.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to the ED and asked it to file its reply on the bail applications of Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain. The High Court listed the two bail pleas on December 20, along with Satyendar Jain's bail application.
The two accused have challenged a trial court's November 17 order by which their bail pleas were dismissed on grounds that they "knowingly" assisted Mr. Jain in concealing the proceeds of crime and were "prima facie guilty" of money-laundering.
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The trial court had also dismissed the bail plea of Satyendar Jain, saying he was prima facie involved in concealing the “proceeds of crime”.
It had said "prima facie" Mr. Jain was "actually involved in concealing the proceeds of crime by giving cash to Kolkata-based entry operators and thereafter, bringing the cash into three companies... against the sale of shares to show that income of these three companies was untainted one." “By this process, the proceeds of crime to the tune of 1/3rd of ₹4.61 crore has been laundered. Apart from that, Mr. Jain has also used the same modus operandi to convert his proceeds of crime of ₹15 lakh by receiving accommodation entries from Kolkata-based entry operators in his company by the name of J. J. Ideal Estate Private Limited," the court had noted.
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