HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Anticipatory Bail Application No.1154 of 2024
Ashwani Kumar ….....Applicant
Versus
Directorate of Enforcement ….….Respondent
Present:-
Mr. Navneet Kaushik, Advocate for the applicant.
Ms. Monika Pant, Advocate for the Directorate of
Enforcement.
Ms. Shalini Kumari, Legal Consultant of Directorate of
Enforcement.
Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant seeks anticipatory bail in
ECIR/DNSZO/01/2021/1535 of 2021, Zone Chandigarh,
Sub-Zone Dehradun.
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and
perused the record.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant would
submit that the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) has
already filed a complaint against the son and the
daughter-in-law of the applicant; the ED has been
investigating the matter for the last three and a half years
and just to harass the applicant, they are still
investigating the matter; applicant apprehends his arrest.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant would also
submit that the applicant has appeared before the
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Enforcement Directorate (“E.D.”) and has submitted the
requisite documents.
5. Learned counsel appearing for the E.D. would
submit that E.D. has issued summons to the applicant
requiring him to produce certain documents, which he
has produced.
6. On it, learned counsel for the applicant would
submit that the reply is elusive. The E.D. had all the
documents, which were deposited by the applicant now.
7. When requested to explain it further, Ms.
Shalini Kumari, the Legal Consultant for E.D., would
submit that there are some documents, which the
applicant did produce now. She gave a categorical
statement that at the moment, E.D. has no reason to
believe that the applicant is wanted in the case.
8. The Court, particularly, asked from the
learned counsel for the E.D. as to whether the applicant
is wanted by the E.D. or not? The answer is that no
summons have been issued to him after this. He had
come against notices issued to him in the month of
November, 2024, requiring him to produce certain
documents, which he has already produced. Further,
no summons have been issued.
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9. The Court takes on record the statement
given on behalf of the E.D.
10. In view of the statement given on behalf of the
E.D., nothing survives in this anticipatory bail
application. It stands disposed of accordingly.
(Ravindra Maithani, J)
31.12.2024
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