Court refuses pre-arrest bail to NCP chief Hasan Mushrif in money laundering case
By PTI
MUMBAI: A courtroom proper right here on Tuesday rejected an anticipatory bail utility filed by former Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif in an alleged money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The specific courtroom for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) situations, however, granted the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief ‘interim security from arrest’ till April 14.
Mushrif had moved the actual courtroom stating that he apprehended arrest under the garb of investigation and the recording of assertion under the PMLA.
The MLA from Kagal Assembly constituency in Kolhapur had served as rural enchancment minister throughout the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The ED has claimed that there was a suspicious flow into of quite a few crores of rupees from two companies ‘with out having substantial enterprise’ to Sar Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory whereby Mushrif’s sons Navid, Aabid and Sajid are directors or stakeholders.
In his pre-arrest bail plea filed by advocates Prashant Patil, Swapnil Ambre and Atit Soni, Mushrif claimed that your full prosecution case was the outcomes of a political advertising marketing campaign launched by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya in opposition to him.
The central probe firm, in its reply, denied this.
“The applicant has wrongly asserted that the entire case of the prosecution is the result of the political vendetta of Somaiya. The applicant is trying to shift the culpability onto others. But shifting the culpability does not absolve the crime,” the ED talked about.
Special PMLA select M G Deshpande, after listening to every facet, rejected the senior NCP chief’s plea.
Mushrif’s lawyer Prashant Patil then sought security from arrest for on the very least three further days to permit him to downside the order throughout the High Court.
Special prosecutor Hiten Venegaokar opposed the plea, saying there was no provision under the laws for such a discount.
But the courtroom held that “no prejudice” will most likely be caused to the probe firm if three days’ security was given.
The former Maharashtra minister has moreover moved the Bombay High Court looking for to quash the money laundering case in opposition to him.
MUMBAI: A courtroom proper right here on Tuesday rejected an anticipatory bail utility filed by former Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif in an alleged money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The specific courtroom for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) situations, however, granted the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief ‘interim security from arrest’ till April 14.
Mushrif had moved the actual courtroom stating that he apprehended arrest under the garb of investigation and the recording of assertion under the PMLA.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The MLA from Kagal Assembly constituency in Kolhapur had served as rural enchancment minister throughout the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The ED has claimed that there was a suspicious flow into of quite a few crores of rupees from two companies ‘with out having substantial enterprise’ to Sar Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory whereby Mushrif’s sons Navid, Aabid and Sajid are directors or stakeholders.
In his pre-arrest bail plea filed by advocates Prashant Patil, Swapnil Ambre and Atit Soni, Mushrif claimed that your full prosecution case was the outcomes of a political advertising marketing campaign launched by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya in opposition to him.
The central probe firm, in its reply, denied this.
“The applicant has wrongly asserted that the entire case of the prosecution is the result of the political vendetta of Somaiya. The applicant is trying to shift the culpability onto others. But shifting the culpability does not absolve the crime,” the ED talked about.
Special PMLA select M G Deshpande, after listening to every facet, rejected the senior NCP chief’s plea.
Mushrif’s lawyer Prashant Patil then sought security from arrest for on the very least three further days to permit him to downside the order throughout the High Court.
Special prosecutor Hiten Venegaokar opposed the plea, saying there was no provision under the laws for such a discount.
But the courtroom held that “no prejudice” will most likely be caused to the probe firm if three days’ security was given.
The former Maharashtra minister has moreover moved the Bombay High Court looking for to quash the money laundering case in opposition to him.
