孟买 HC 批准根据 PMLA 登记的妇女保释，并指出她是 6 岁孩子的母亲

鉴于 Simpy Bharadwaj 是一名 6 岁孩子的母亲，孟买高等法院上周批准 Simpy Bharadwaj 保释。她因涉嫌在 2023 年参与印度最大的基于比特币的庞氏骗局价值 660.6 亿卢比

The Bombay High Court last week granted bail to Simpy Bharadwaj, who was booked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2023 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for her alleged role in India's largest Bitcoin-based Ponzi scheme.

孟买高等法院上周批准 Simpy Bharadwaj 保释，她因涉嫌参与印度最大的基于比特币的庞氏骗局而于 2023 年根据《防止洗钱法》(PMLA) 被执法局 (ED) 登记。

A single-judge bench of Justice Manish Pitale observed that Bharadwaj, being a woman, is entitled to the benefit of the proviso to section 45(1) of the PMLA.

Manish Pitale 法官的独任法官认为，Bharadwaj 作为一名女性，有权享受《PMLA》第 45(1) 条但书的规定。

"This Court is of the opinion that the applicant, in the present case, being a woman is entitled to the benefit of the proviso to Section 45(1) of the PMLA. This Court finds no reason as to why the applicant is to be denied the benefit of the exception carved out in the proviso for special treatment. In any case, it is not denied that the applicant is a mother to a six year old child, who obviously needs her care and company," the bench said in its October 11 order.

“本法院认为，在本案中，申请人作为一名女性，有权享受《PMLA》第 45(1) 条但书的规定。本法院没有发现申请人为何被否认了附带条件中规定的特殊待遇的例外的好处无论如何，不​​可否认的是，申请人是一个六岁孩子的母亲，显然需要她的照顾和陪伴，”法官在其声明中表示。 10月11日订单。

The bench noted that Bharadwaj has suffered incarceration for about 10 months and said that further continuing her judicial custody would serve no purpose when the commencement of the trial in the present case, itself, will not be undertaken in the foreseeable future, thereby indicating that the completion of the trial will not take place within a reasonable period of time.

法官指出，Bharadwaj 已被监禁约 10 个月，并表示，在可预见的将来不会开始本案本身的审判时，进一步继续对她进行司法拘留没有任何意义，从而表明审判不会在合理的时间内完成。

Therefore, the bench granted her bail on a surety of Rs 50,000.

因此，法官以 50,000 卢比的担保金准许她保释。

The case pertains to the arrest of Bharadwaj, wife of Amit Bharadwaj, the promoter and founder of GainBitcoin.com.

该案涉及逮捕 Bharadwaj，她是 GainBitcoin.com 的发起人和创始人 Amit Bharadwaj 的妻子。

It was alleged that Amit along with a few others, launched a ponzi scheme to lure investors, promising assured return of 10 per cent on every bitcoin for a period of 18 months.

据称，阿米特与其他一些人一起发起了庞氏骗局来吸引投资者，承诺在 18 个月内每枚比特币保证获得 10% 的回报。

It was also alleged that the main accused persons collected 80,000 bitcoins valued at Rs.6,606 crores as on November 2017 from several investors and that no returns were ever paid back to the investors, thereby claiming that the offence of money laundering was committed.

据称，截至 2017 年 11 月，主要被告从多名投资者处收取了 8 万枚比特币，价值 660.6 亿卢比，且从未向投资者返还任何回报，从而声称犯有洗钱罪。

The ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in April 2018 against Bharadwaj and others.

教育署于 2018 年 4 月登记了针对 Bharadwaj 等人的执法案件信息报告 (ECIR)。

Though Simpy Bharadwaj was not initially named in the report, she was arrested on December 17, 2023, following allegations of creating a 'ruckus' and obstructing the ED sleuths from conducting a search operation at her residence, due to which her husband and father-in-law escaped from being arrested.

尽管报告中最初并未提及 Simpy Bharadwaj 的名字，但她于 2023 年 12 月 17 日被捕，此前她被指控制造“骚乱”并阻碍教育局侦探在她的住所进行搜查行动，因此她的丈夫和父亲——姻亲逃脱了逮捕。

The anti-money laundering agency further claimed that the applicant Bharadwaj was involved in encouraging investors to invest in Bitcoin and had possession of crucial passwords linked to the proceeds of the crime.

该反洗钱机构进一步声称，申请人 Bharadwaj 参与鼓励投资者投资比特币，并拥有与犯罪收益相关的关键密码。

Countering the contentions, Bharadwaj contended that she was not named in the initial two FIRs for the 'predicate offences' which led to the ED's ECIR.

巴拉德瓦吉反驳了这一观点，她辩称，在最初的两份 FIR 中，她并未因“上游犯罪”而被点名，而正是这些“上游犯罪”导致了 ED 的 ECIR。

She pointed out that she was arrested merely on the ground that she obstructed the search operations.

她指出，她被捕只是因为她阻碍搜查行动。

She further argued that the ED had no substantial evidence to link her with the crime in question.

她进一步辩称，教育署没有实质性证据将她与相关犯罪联系起来。

Going through the FIR and the ED's case against Bharadwaj, Justice Pitale noted that the 'grounds of arrest' furnished to her on December 17, 2023 were 'drafted in a hurry, without any objective test being applied.

Pitale 法官在审查 FIR 和 ED 对 Bharadwaj 的案件时指出，2023 年 12 月 17 日向她提供的“逮捕理由”是“仓促起草的，没有进行任何客观测试”。

"It can be said that there was lack of credible material to raise a reasonable suspicion against the applicant when she was arrested. A bare perusal of the grounds of arrest shows that a chart is given enumerating the numerous FIRs, including the two FIRs of the year 2019 and one of the year 2022, wherein the applicant was arraigned as an accused. It is stated that the ECIR was recorded after such FIRs were registered. The ECIR was recorded on April 3, 2018 itself, while the three FIRs in which the applicant was arraigned as an accused were registered much thereafter. This material supports the contention raised on behalf of the applicant about the arrest of the applicant violating Section 19 of the PMLA," the court said while granting bail to Bharadwaj.

“可以说，申请人被捕时，缺乏可信的材料对她提出合理怀疑。粗略地看一下逮捕理由，就可以看到一张图表，列举了众多的FIR，包括该国的两个FIR。” 2019 年和 2022 年其中一年，其中申请人被作为被告提审。 据称，ECIR 是在此类 FIR 注册后记录的，而 ECIR 是在 2018 年 4 月 3 日记录的。申请人被提审，因为被告在此后很久就被登记了。这份材料支持了代表申请人提出的关于逮捕申请人违反《PMLA》第 19 条的论点，”法院在批准 Bharadwaj 保释时表示。

Appearance:

外貌：

Advocates Akhilesh Dubey, Sagar Wakale, Vagish Mishra, Amit Dubey, Uttam Dubey, Rajuram Kuleriya, Varad Dubey, Shubham Sharma, Alex D'souza, Emad Khan and Sahil Upadhyay appeared for the Applicant.

辩护律师 Akhilesh Dubey、Sagar Wakale、Vagish Mishra、Amit Dubey、Uttam Dubey、Rajuram Kuleriya、Varad Dubey、Shubham Sharma、Alex D'souza、Emad Khan 和 Sahil Upadhyay 代表申请人出庭。

Special Counsel Shreeram Shirsat along with Advocates Shekhar Mane and Nikhil Daga the represented the ED.

特别顾问 Shreeram Shirsat 以及律师 Shekhar Mane 和 Nikhil Daga 代表教育署。

Additional Public Prosecutor Balraj Kulkarni represented the State.

另一位检察官巴拉吉·库尔卡尼 (Balraj Kulkarni) 代表国家。

Case Title: Sumit Bharadwaj vs Union of India (Bail Application 2016 of 2024)

案件名称：Sumit Bharadwaj 诉印度联盟（2016 年或 2024 年保释申请）