Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
Section 439—Bail—Money laundering case—Petitioner alleged to involved in a crime of defalcation of huge sum of Rs. 136.41 Crores in the matter of managing the award of tenders to PHED—Thousands of documents are required to be considered at the stage of trial, so also around 50 witnesses are required to be examined—Main evidence in the present case is documentary in nature, which is already seized by the prosecution agency—As such, there is no possibility of the same being tampered with—Minister, for whose benefit the alleged transactions have taken place, has also not been implicated as an accused in the present case—Petitioner has already been released on bail in the predicate offences—Bail granted.
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