Court frames charges against Jacqueline, Sukesh in PMLA case
New Delhi, June 4 -- A Delhi court on Wednesday formally framed charges against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar and 16 others in a Rs.200-crore money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Special judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts framed charges against Chandrasekhar and Fernandez under sections 3 (money laundering) and 4 (punishment) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Both appeared in court on Wednesday in response to summons, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.
In a separate extortion case being probed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch, the court also framed charges under sections 3 (punishment for organised crime) and 4 (punishment for possessing unaccountable wealth) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Chandrasekhar and 20 others.
"During an in-camera hearing on Wednesday, Chandrasekhar refused to sign the charge documents in the MCOCA case, arguing that a supplementary chargesheet relating to a newly arrested accused, Mohd Navas Ismail, had not yet been filed and that a plea seeking postponement of the order on charge was pending before the Delhi high court," said Sukesh's lawyer, advocate Anant Malik . "Co-accused and Chandrasekhar's wife, Leena Paulose, signed the charge document "under protest", preserving her right to challenge the charges," Malik added.
On May 30, the court held that there was prima facie sufficient material on record raising a strong suspicion that Chandrasekhar had committed the scheduled offence.The court referred to 36 pieces of evidence, including witness testimonies, call records and chats recovered from mobile phones....
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