Money laundering case: SC rejects ED’s plea challenging Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s bail
PTI, Jul 29, 2024, 1:38 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging a Jharkhand High Court order granting bail to Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said the high court’s June 28 order was “very well reasoned”. “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order,” the bench said. Soren, the executive president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), had resigned as chief minister shortly before the ED arrested him on January 31 in the case. After coming out of jail on bail in the case, he returned as the chief minister of Jharkhand on July 4. Opposing Soren’s bail plea in the high court, the ED had alleged that he misused his position as the chief minister to “unlawfully” acquire 8.86 acres of land in the Bargain area in the state capital Ranchi. Soren’s lawyer had contended that he was falsely implicated in the criminal case by the central agency.
The ED had claimed that during the probe, Soren’s media consultant Abhishek Prasad admitted that the JMM leader had instructed him to manipulate official records to change the ownership details of the plot. The agency had also claimed that the original owner of the land, Raj Kumar Pahan, had tried to lodge a complaint about his land being usurped but it was never acted upon. Soren was summoned multiple times by the ED before he was questioned at his residence and subsequently arrested on January 31.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Hydroponic weed worth Rs 14.9 cr seized at Mumbai airport; two held
Shiv Sena did not become BJP in 30 years, how can it become Congress: Uddhav
Maharashtra polls: Police seize Rs 8.16 lakh cash from two cars in Nagpur district
Minor NEET aspirant held hostage, raped for over six months in Kanpur; 2 teachers arrested
Crimes against women to stop only when Mamata ceases to be CM: BJP leader
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Champions Trophy: BCCI intimates ICC about not going to Pakistan, PCB still ‘unaware’
Charmadi Ghat, a key highway in Karnataka to be widened at Rs 343 Cr: MP Brijesh Chowta
Ullal: Tanker-scooter accident claims woman’s life; Protests erupt over poor road conditions
Davanagere: Waqf board claims spark concerns among residents of prominent locality
Hydroponic weed worth Rs 14.9 cr seized at Mumbai airport; two held
Thanks for visiting Udayavani
You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.