Delhi Court issues notice to ED on plea of Anubrata Mondal seeking bail in PMLA case
Rouse Avenue court has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail plea of Anubrata Mondal, who is one of the accused in the cattle smuggling case. He has been granted bail by the Supreme court in the CBI case.
Special CBI Judge Jyot Kler, on September 4, issued notice to ED and sought reply on the bail application.
The matter has been listed on September 11 for hearing.
Advocate Mustafa and Ahmad Ibrahim have filed bail petition on behalf of the accused.
It is submitted that the applicant has been in continued incarceration for almost 2 years. He was arrested on November 17, 2022, and there is no likelihood of the trial even getting started in the near future.
The Prosecuting Agency has been delaying the trial by not providing the accused persons with the complete set of documents along with the chargesheet, which is making it impossible for the counsel for the accused persons in preparing and arguing on the point of charge, the plea said.
The counsels also said that even if the arguments on charge are heard and charges are framed, it will take a very long time to complete the trial as there are a total of 85 witnesses mentioned in the prosecution complaints, which will inevitably take a very long time to complete.
It was also submitted that the accused is 65 years old and has age-related ailments. Apart from the various illnesses he had, he has now developed radiculopathy and severe pain in lower limb, making it extremely difficult for him to move without assistance.
It was further
