Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 141 · Decided 21 January 2025
Directorate of Enforcement v. Subhash Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 141 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1409
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 310/2025
- Decided
- 21 January 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 57; Constitution Article 22(2), 21; Prevention of Money Laundering Act Section 45, 65, 57, 45(1)(ii), 4
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the respondent's arrest was illegal and thus, granting him bail for an offence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Bail - Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 - ss.45, 65 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.57 - Arrest vitiated if fundamental rights of the accused u/Arts.21 and 22 were violated - On facts, arrest of the respondent, if was illegal: Held: Yes - Respondent was not produced before the Magistrate within 24 hours from his
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