Ranchi, June 9 -- A Special PMLA court, Ranchi, has rejected Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM chief Hemant Soren's petition to discharge him in a money-laundering case linked to a land parcel of 8.86 acres in Ranchi.

The money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) involved an allegedly fraudulent acquisition of 8.86 acres of land.

The court, in its order, found the prosecution material to be "true for the limited purpose of determining whether the prima facie case exists."

AJC Yogesh Kumar said that the "discharge jurisprudence favours the prosecution where circumstances cumulatively create suspicion."

Examining the complaints, documentary evidence and surrounding circumstances relied upon by the prosecution, the c...