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NITHYAVATHI – Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

LOOKOUT CIRCULAR – RAISED BY HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS – ORDER DATED 21.04.2025

HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS passed Order on 21.04.2025 in W.P.No.30780 of 2024 in W.M.P.No.38750 of 2024 raising the Lookout Circular issued by CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION on Nithyavathi in C.C.No.554 of 2023.

Hon’ble High Court of Madras passed an Order on 08.04.2025 in Crl OP Nos.15988 & 16013 of 2023 filed under Section 482 of Cr.PC., quashing the complaints filed by the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Corporate Circle 4(2), Chennai -600 034 in E.O.C.C Nos.112 and 113 of 2015 which was pending on the file of the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, (EO-I) Court, Egmore, Chennai for the alleged offences alleged under Sections 276C (1) & 277 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Mahin Abubacker Sheikna Mohammed Ali – LOOKOUT CIRCULAR IN file No.T-3/ 88/ CEZO / C/ 2015 WITHDRAWN

HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS passed Order on 13.03.2025 in W.P.No.6342 of 2025 and W.M.P.No.6973 of 2025 raising the Lookout Circular (file No.T-3/ 88/ CEZO / C/ 2015) issued by Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Chennai Zonal Office, Chennai- 600034 on Mahin Abubacker Sheikna Mohammed Ali.

Bail Order – J Selvakumar Vs Enforcement Department, Chennai – PMLA ECIR – CEZO-I / 40 / 2020 dated 10.12.2020 – Crl M. P. No. 4632/2023 in Spl C. C No. 2/2022 – Released on Bail.

The Hon’ble Court heard the averments of Sri Law Associates, the Counsel for the Petitioner and allowed the Bail Petition, granting bail to J Selvakumar, with reliance on the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in “Siddharth Vs State of Uttar Pradesh” – 2021 SCC ONLINE SC 615.

Hon’ble High Court of Madras ordered release of immovable property (17.48 acres) in Sl. No. 3 of the schedule of PAO No. 10/2019 on compliance with the steps ordered in the Hon’ble High Court of Madras Order dated 10.12.2021

The Hon’ble Supreme Court observed and ordered, “On the last date of hearing on the basis of the brief submissions placed on record, we have formed a prima facie view that this is a fit case for grant of bail……. In view thereof we grant bail to the petitioners on terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the trial Court”.

Madurai Bench of Hon’ble High Court of Madras ordered, “Considering the said submissions and also the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioners from the date of their arrest, namely on 18.11.2022, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners, subject to the following conditions”.

Order passed by Honourable High Court of Madras quashed the prosecution complaint in C.C. No. 12 of 2017 on the file of the XIV Additional Court for CBI Cases, Chennai – When the prosecution complaint itself quashed, Honourable Appellate Tribunal vide order dated 13.03.2023 setting aside the Order dated 01.09.2017 passed by the Adjudicating Authority in O.C. No. 729/2017 & and the provisional attachment order dated 24.03.2017, duly allowing the Application No. MP-PMLA-9792/CHN/2022(MISC) in FPA-PMLA-2002/CHN/2017 and MP-PMLA-9793/CHN/2022(MISC) in FPA-PMLA-2038/CHN/2017 and consequently allowed the Appeal.

Crl O.P under Section 482 Cr. P.C relating to Complaint in C.C. No. 12 of 2017 on the files of the XIV Additional Court for CBI cases, Chennai. Honourable SC observed “prosecution of the petitioners in C.C. No. 12 of 2017 …….. is clearly an abuse of law and ex-conseqenti, the same is quashed.”

Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 397 r/w 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed before Hon’ble High Court of madras – allowed and the order dated 26.08.2022 passed in Crl.M.P.No.2864 of 2022 in Spl.C.C.No.07 of 2021 on the file of XII Additional Special Court for CBI cases at Chennai, is set aside and the petitioner, Chartered Accountant Mr Murali Krishna Chakrala, discharged from the prosecution.