Delhi Court sends Supertech's chairman RK Arora to judicial custody till July 24

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Supertech's Chairman RK Arora to Judicial Custody till July 24, 2023. He was recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case and was on ED remand. On Monday, RK Arora was presented before Delhi's Patiala House Court's judge Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala after his remand period.

During the hearing, the Court noted that an application filed on behalf of the accused seeking a copy of the grounds of arrest is pending. A reply to said application has been filed by ED. It's submitted by the accused's counsel that in the absence of grounds of arrest given to the accused, the accused is not able to move an effective bail application.

Application to be heard on 13th July at 2 pm. Earlier while sending Arora to ED remand, Court said that «The power to seek remand is essentially a part of the power of arrest and to investigate in respect to the commission of the alleged offence of money laundering and this power has necessarily to be inferred with the help of above Section as Section 65 of the PMLA, 2002 does not prohibit remand of an accused under the said act to ED custody». «Therefore, I have no hesitation in stating that the ED remand of an accused can be granted by this Court.