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The High Court held that the custody period, that is around 1 year and 7 months, had not progressed to such a stage as would warrant interference merely on the ground of the period of incarceration already suffered by the petitioner.
The petitioner is a former Minister of the Government of West Bengal and former Vice-Chairman of South Dum Dum Municipality. The proceedings arose out of an alleged municipal recruitment scam in West Bengal.
Punjab and Haryana High Court applied the twin conditions under Section 45 PMLA and the triple test for bail, finding no reasonable grounds at this stage to believe that the developer was not guilty of money laundering.
“The criminal misconduct attributed to the accused represents a grave breach of duty that is both disconcerting and intolerable in the public sphere.”
The CBI and the ED have claimed that K. Kavitha was involved in the exchange of bribes and money laundering in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy