Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 163 · Decided 24 February 2023
The Directorate of Enforcement v. M. Gopal Reddy & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 163 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 79
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 534/2023
- Decided
- 24 February 2023
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 438; Prevention of Money Laundering Act Section 45, 3
Headnote
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 - s.45 - Applicability of, to applications u/s.438, CrPC - Held: Once the prayer for anticipatory bail is made in connection with offence under the 2002 Act, the underlying principles and rigours of s.45 must get triggered, although CrPC - In the present case, once the enquiry/investigation against respondent No. 1 was going on for the offence under the 2002 Act, the rigour of s.45 of the 2002 Act would be attracted - Impugned order passed by the High Court holding that the provisions of s.45 shall not be
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