Money laundering case: Delhi HC junks actor Jacqueline's plea to quash FIR
Delhi High Court
on Thursday dismissed a plea by Bollywood actor
Jacqueline Fernandez
for quashing an
FIR
against her in a Rs 200 crore
money laundering case
, involving alleged conman
Sukesh Chandrasekhar
.
Justice Anish Dayal dismissed her plea, which also sought to quash the second supplementary chargesheet of the
Enforcement Directorate
in the case and proceedings pending in a Delhi trial court.
The ED counsel opposed the petition on the ground of maintainability, saying a special court had taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) and prima facie found a case.
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The cognisance order was not challenged, the counsel added.
Fernandez is an accused in the money laundering case lodged against Chandrasekhar and had appeared before the ED for questioning in the investigation.
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Delhi Police
had booked Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of
Ranbaxy
, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of Rs 200 crore.
There are other ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.
Chandrasekhar and his wife Leena Paulose, facing proceedings in a money laundering case of the ED, were arrested by Delhi Police along with others.
The police invoked the
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
(MCOCA) in the case.
Paulose and Chandrasekhar were alleged to have used hawala routes and created shell companies along with other accused persons to park the money earned as proceeds of crime.
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