Another accused and Soren’s close aide Vinod Singh also applied for anticipatory bail.
Jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approached the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court for bail in the land scam case. Soren has filed a petition through his lawyer in the special court of PMLA. The court will hear his petition on Tuesday.
Hemant Soren, the main accused in this case, is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail of Ranchi. On January 31, the Enforcement Directorate arrested him from the Chief Minister's residence in a money laundering case.
Three arrests have been made in this case including Mohammad Saddam. Bhanu Pratap, deputy revenue officer of Badgai Circle, is also lodged in Birsa Munda jail.
Soren had challenged the rights of ED by filing a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court on 24 September 2023. The High Court rejected his petition and said that it was not worthy of hearing. Before that, Hemant Soren had gone to the Supreme Court and requested the Supreme Court to stay the ED notice. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi rejected his plea and refused to stay the ED notice.
Meanwhile, architect Vinod Singh, close to Hemant Soren, has filed a petition for anticipatory bail in the court in the land scam case. Vinod Singh has filed an anticipatory bail petition through his advocate in the special court of Ranchi PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act). The court will hear his petition on Tuesday.
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