{"id":272707,"date":"2022-08-31T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=272707"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:30:10","slug":"delhi-court-rouse-avenue-district-court-denies-bail-chitraramakrishna-managingdirector-national-stock-exchange-money-laundering-corruption-telephone-tapping-illegal-legalupdates-legalnews-legalresearc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/31\/delhi-court-rouse-avenue-district-court-denies-bail-chitraramakrishna-managingdirector-national-stock-exchange-money-laundering-corruption-telephone-tapping-illegal-legalupdates-legalnews-legalresearc\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Court denies bail to Chitra Ramakrishna former MD NSE, for alleged active involvement in illegal interception of telephone calls of NSE employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">&#160; &#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rouse Avenue District Courts, Delhi<\/span>: In a case relating to illegal interception\/monitoring of telephone calls of National Stock Exchange &#8216;NSE&#39; employees by iSec Services Pvt. Ltd, a privately owned company under the guise of contract of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Study of Cyber Vulnerabilities<\/span>, whose approval was given by Chitra Ramakrishna (&#8216;applicant&#39;) and paid Rs. 4.54 crore to iSec Services as a consideration thus, attracting various offences under different statutes, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sunena Sharma, J.<\/span> denies bail to the applicant as the material placed on record was sufficient to prima-facie show that the applicant was the major role player in the entire conspiracy as well as in projection of proceeds of crime as untainted money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The applicant was associated with NSE as Deputy Managing Director\/Joint Managing Director\/Managing Director of NSE during the period of offence between 2009-2017 and said illegal activities ceased to exist after the applicant demitted office as Managing Director.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the instant case, the applicant in connivance with Ravi Varanasi, Vice President NSE and Mahesh Haldipur (Head Premises) conspired together with iSec Services for illegal tapping of phone calls and snooping of NSE&#39;s employees under the guise of a legal contract which was given the name of Study of Cyber Vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The telephone numbers to be monitored were purportedly identified by the applicant and conveyed to Ravi Varanasi who in turn provided the same to Mahesh Haldipur who further gave it to iSec. The suspicious numbers identified by the applicant were given to iSec to be put on recording and iSec used to prepare the transcripts of the recorded conversation of said numbers and share it with the applicant and other top officials of NSE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">Central Bureau of Investigation registered FIR under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561375\">120-B<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561745\">409<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561758\">420<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a><\/span> (&#8216;IPC&#39;), Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001531482\">20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001531484\">21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001531487\">24<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001531490\">26<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835336\">Telegraph Act, 1885<\/a><\/span>, Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001535812\">3<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001535815\">6<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002935402\">Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933<\/a><\/span>, Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001564434\">13(2)<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001564434\">13(1) (d)<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825997\">Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988<\/a><\/span> and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001540664\">69-B<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001540671\">72<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001540672\">72-A<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002796572\">Information Technology Act, 2000<\/a> <\/span>against iSec Services Pvt. Ltd. &amp; other accused persons including the applicant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Enforcement Directorate (&#8216;ED&#39;) also registered a case under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801311\">Prevention of Money Laundering, 2002<\/a> (&#8216;PMLA&#39;) for the offence of money laundering as defined under Section 3 and punishable under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001534461\">4<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801311\">PMLA<\/a>. The warrants were issued and the applicant was arrested by ED. Thus, present bail application was filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519740\">439<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\">Criminal Procedure Code<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#39;) read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001534467\">45<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801311\">PMLA, 2002<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">Placing reliance on <i>Rohit Tandon<\/i> v. <i>Enforcement Directorate<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/11k579gb\">(2018) 11 SCC 46<\/a>, <i>Anirudh Kamal Shukla<\/i> v. <i>Union of India<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/JILg3f36\">2022 SCC Online All 176<\/a> and <i>Ranjitsing Brahmajetsing Sharma<\/i> v. <i>State of Maharashtra<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/zJ4v591x\">(2005) 5 SCC 294<\/a>, the Court noted that monetary loss was caused to NSE by allowing the iSec to gain money out of illegal tapping of phone calls by using the direct lines of MTNL and for said purpose software and hardware of recording\/monitoring server which was purchased by iSec for NSE from Nexco Techno Solution, were allowed to be installed in the upper basement of NSE building, under the guise of a legitimate contract of Study of Cyber Vulnerabilities. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">It is only with the active assistance and help of applicant and other top officials of NSE, that the iSec was able to generate money to the tune of Rs. 4.54 crores and give it a colour of untainted money by showing it to have been through a legitimate source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">On the contention that provisions of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001564434\">13(1)(d)<\/a> read with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001564434\">13(2)<\/a> of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825997\">Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988<\/a><\/span>do not apply, as the applicant is not a public servant within the meaning of the provisions of PC Act, the Court rejected the contention by relying on <i>Delhi Stock Exchange<\/i> v. <i>K.C. Sharma<\/i> LPA No. 331\/199 2000 Vol. XCIII DLT 2333, wherein it was held that<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> the Central Government has deep and all-pervasive control over the functioning of stock exchanges.<\/span> It was further held that to ascertain if an &#8216;authority or an institution of self-government&#39; established by notification or an order of the Central Government is a Public Authority or not, the main thrust should be not upon the composition of the company but upon the duties and functions performed by it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">On the contention that the applicant being a woman is entitled to the benefit of the first proviso to Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001534467\">45 (1)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801311\">PML Act<\/a>, the Court rejected the contention noting that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">extension of said benefit cannot be claimed as a matter of right as the discretion lies with the court to exercise such powers only in suitable cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the Court remarked that when the alleged offences were committed, the applicant was holding key positions of DMD\/MD\/JD in NSE and was actively involved in all important affairs of the company. 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