Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Section 19—Arrest—Legality of—Mandate of Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has to be followed in letter in spirit—Grounds of arrest were duly given and notified to petitioner and he endorsed the same in writing under his signature—Core issue is of being "informed" and "as soon as"—It if has been duly notified and brought to the notice at the time of arrest and further disclosed in detail in the remand application, it amounts be duly informed and served—No fundamental rights of the petitioner is violated and there is nothing on the record to suggest that petitioner has been denied right to consult and defended by legal practitioner—Failure of petitioner to show that the arrest of the petitioner is in violation of Section 19 of the PML Act. [Constitution of India, 1950, Articles 14 & 21]
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