The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that courts can order release of an accused of money laundering under police custody without fulfilling twin conditions as mandated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Earlier in the day, district and sessions judge Munish Singal, deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, Khanna SSP Amneet Kondal welcomed Sandhawalia on his arrival in Samrala
While dealing with such a case, the high court bench of justice Anoop Chitkara observed that this (sextortion) cannot be allowed to go on as it would unravel chaos in the system and amount to ridiculing a serious crime like sexual assault, turning it into something frivolous, which can never be the intention of the makers of law.
The bench of acting chief justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Lapita Banerji also questioned the Punjab government for allowing the assembly of farmers in such large numbers.