Satyendar Jain’s wife granted interim bail in money laundering case
The Hindu
Court had taken cognisance of PMLA charges against Jain and other accused
Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain’s wife, Poonam Jain, was on Saturday granted interim bail by a Special CBI court in a money laundering case.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel granted the relief after noting precedent set by the Supreme Court where the agency has chosen not to arrest an accused during the course of its investigation.
The Enforcement Directorate has already filed a prosecution complaint (akin to a chargesheet) under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the Jains and four companies purportedly associated with them for allegedly laundering proceeds of crime worth ₹4.8 crore.
Last week, the court had taken cognisance of the PMLA charges against Mr. Jain and other accused and held “there is prima facie sufficient incriminating evidence about the involvement of the accused.”
While taking cognisance, the court had also summoned Ms. Jain and asked the ED to correctly identify the representatives of the accused companies.
On Saturday Ms. Jain was present in court and it was submitted that co-accused Vaibhav Jain would be representing the three accused companies - Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd., Paryas Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd., and Mangalayatan Developers Pvt. Ltd.
After Ms. Jain filed a bail application in the case on Saturday, the court sought the agency’s reply to the same and granted interim bail to her for the meantime on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and a surety of the like amount. The court has posted the matter for next hearing on August 20.
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