IAS Pooja Singhal Bail: Pooja Singhal, accused in the money laundering case, got a big relief from the ED court on Saturday. The special court of ED has granted bail to Pooja Singhal. Suspended IAS Pooja Singhal is in jail for the last 28 months in a money laundering case. After getting the facility of bail, Pooja Singhal will be able to come out of jail. Accused suspended IAS Pooja Singhal was arrested in this case on May 11 last year. The court has ordered Singhal to get bail on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each. Along with this, they will have to submit their passport to the court.
Pooja Singhal is in jail for 28 months
Suspended IAS Pooja Singhal has been in jail for 28 months. ED had arrested Pooja Singhal after questioning on 11 May 2022 in the money laundering case. A bail petition was filed on behalf of Pooja Singhal for her release from jail. The case was heard on Saturday in the court of Special Judge PK Sharma, Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Ranchi. After the hearing, the court has given relief to Pooja Singhal. The court has ordered to grant bail to IAS Pooja Singhal on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each. Pooja Singhal will have to submit her passport in the court.
Earlier, the court had directed the Superintendent of Birsa Munda Central Jail to suspend IAS Pooja Singhal and inform the period of judicial custody. On the instructions of the court, the jail superintendent has filed the reply. Suspended IAS Pooja Singhal has been in jail for the last 28 months in a money laundering case. According to Pooja Singhal’s advocate, under the new law, if the period of judicial custody of an accused in jail for a long time is one-third of the sentence given in that case, then he can be granted bail. Under Section 479 of BNS, if an accused, who has committed the first crime and has served one-third of the maximum punishment under that section in under trial, then he will be entitled to bail. It may be noted that on May 5, 2022, ED had raided 25 locations of suspended IAS Pooja Singhal.
During the raid, Rs 19.31 crore in cash was recovered from the residence and office of Pooja Singhal’s CA Suman Singh. After the recovery of cash, ED had arrested suspended IAS Pooja Singhal and CA Suman Singh. During interrogation, ED got information about unaccounted money and investments elsewhere. Suspended IAS Pooja Singhal was arrested on May 11, 2022 in a money laundering case.
