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SC grants five-day custody of Balaji to the ED till Aug 12

The top court also granted five-day custody of Balaji to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 12. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh also referred to a large bench the issue that police custody is not permissible beyond first 15 days of remand.

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Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity & Excise V Senthil Balaji. NE FILE PHOTO

In a setback for Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji , the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed pleas of Balaji and his wife Megala challenging the Madras High Court order upholding his arrest in a money laundering case.

The top court also granted five-day custody of Balaji to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 12.
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh also referred to a large bench the issue that police custody is not permissible beyond first 15 days of remand.

The apex court also said that writ of habeas corpus was not maintainable against the arrest by the ED and the order of remand cannot be challenged in a habeas corpus plea.

Balaji, who continues to be a minister without portfolio in the Tamil Nadu government even after his arrest on June 14, and his wife assailed a Madras High Court order upholding his arrest by the probe agency in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged cash-for-jobs scam in the state’s transport department, according to PTI.

The ED had earlier told the apex that Balaji is preventing the agency from exercising its right of custodial interrogation and bringing the truth to life in a cash-for-jobs scam.

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The bench had reserved its order on August 2 after hearing submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, and senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi, who represented the DMK leader and his spouse in the case.

Responding to the submissions of Sibal and Rohatgi, the solicitor general had said the ED was fully empowered under section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (which relates to investigation and custody of the accused) to seek custodial interrogation of an accused.

Rohatgi had reiterated the claim that ED officials are not police officers and, moreover, the agency has no vested right to interrogate an accused in its custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Earlier, the counsel for the accused had vehemently argued that the provision cannot be used by the ED to seek custodial interrogation of the accused.

Sibal said the power to make an arrest under the PMLA cannot be conflated with the power to seek police remand in view of the 2022 judgment of the apex court in the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary case.

The counsel for the minister submitted that once the period of 15 days from the date of arrest has expired, the investigating agency cannot demand custodial interrogation as it is not permitted under law.

The solicitor general had said the present case has to be decided expeditiously as the probe agency only has time till August 13 to quiz the minister in custody as the 60 days time, prescribed under section 167 of the CrPC to complete the probe and for filing the charge sheet, ends on August 13.

The top court had on July 21 sought the ED’s response on the petitions filed by Balaji and his wife challenging the July 14 order of the Madras High Court upholding his arrest by the probe agency in a money laundering case.

The minister and his wife have filed two separate petitions in the top court challenging the high court order.
Besides upholding the arrest of the minister, the high court had held as valid his subsequent remand in judicial custody by a sessions court in the money laundering case arising from the alleged scam in the state’s transport department when he was the transport minister.

According to the complainant, he had given Rs 2.40 lakh for securing a job in a state-run transport corporation. The high court order that upheld Balaji’s arrest said this was the specific offence of bribery for which an FIR was filed, after which the ED had registered the Enforcement Case Information Report (the ED’s version of FIR).

The ED had subsequently arrested Balaji.

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