Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Jagannath Temple Priest In Money Laundering Case Under PMLA
Live LawThe Supreme Court today granted anticipatory bail to Jagannath Temple Priest, Rajkumar Daitapati in relation to PMLA proceedings initiated against him for alleged offence of money laundering. The petitioner, stated to be a generational priest of the Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri, Orrisa has been arrayed in proceedings under S. 3 and 4 of the Prevention for Money Laundering Act 2002. The Court also set aside the Rajasthan High Court Order which had dismissed the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner. The petitioner was represented by Sr Advocate Atmaram NS Nadkarni along with AOR Salvador Santosh Rebello and Advocate Raghav Sharma The Rajasthan High Court in its order dated 11.11.2021 dismissed the anticipatory bail application on the grounds that the petitioner had not challenged the Special Court's Order of September 17, 2021, where the petitioner's pleas under S. 70 of the CrPC for conversion of non-bailable warrant into bailable warrant, was rejected.