Money laundering cases : Shabir Shah gets bail in PMLA case
Money laundering cases : Shabbir Ahmad Shah, a separatist from Kashmir, was detained since July 26, 2017, on suspicion of money laundering and financing terrorism. A Delhi court has now granted his release. Shah’s judicial custody exceeded the maximum sentence of seven years in prison prescribed for offenses under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, according to an order by Patiala House courts’ additional sessions judge Dheeraj Mor. As a result, Shah was eligible for release under CrPC Section 436A.
The court postponed the hearing of the arguments on the allegations against him until October 23 and ordered his immediate release, “if not required in any other case”.
Shah, however, will be incarcerated for continuing cases that the NIA has lodged.
Shah appeared as an accused in a second supplemental chargesheet issued in October 2019 after being detained by the NIA in a case involving terror financing in June 2019.
In addition to being charged with developing a separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah was also accused of fueling terrorist and subversive operations, obtaining money via hawala transactions, paying homage to the families of terrorists killed, and generating money through LOC trade.
