- (1.) This order shall dispose of the above-captioned petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., wherein the petitioners have sought quashing of the summons issued for their appearance in a warrant case dated 03.02.2016 which is a Complaint filed by the Directorate of Enforcement under Section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Since the petitioners are members of one family and all of them are Directors/ Partners in one or the Company/Firm run by them jointly and also the point in issue involved in these cases is similar in nature, that all the petitions are being disposed of by way of a common order.
(2.) The facts are being extracted from Criminal MiscM-No.7297 of 2016 (Chunni Lal Gaba versus Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Government of India).
(3.) The Directorate of Enforcement has filed a Criminal Complaint under Section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (in short, 'the 2002 Act') alleging, interalia, that the petitioners have committed the offence as defined under Section 3 and which is punishable under Section 4 of the 2002 Act. Unfortunately, the petitioner(s) have not chosen to append the copy of the Criminal Complaint due to which the gravity or nature of the allegations levelled against them is not known. What it appears is that the petitioners are Directors/Partners in the following Companies or Firms:- 1. M/s Medcare Remedies Private Limited, Upmahal, Shashtri Nagar, Village Kaloh, Tehsil Gagret, District Una (HP); 2. M/s Shiva Cold Store and Ice Factory, Village Mansoorpur, Atti Gate, Tehsil Phillaur, District Jalandhar; 3. M/s Saichem Laboratories Product Pvt. Ltd., Bharwain Road, Garget, District Una (HP_; 4. M/s White Rose Pharma Chemical Limited, G.T. Road, Goraya, District Jalandhar; 5. M/s White Rose Estate and Investment Pvt. Ltd., G.T. Road, Goraya, District Jalandhar; 6. M/s Shiva Agriculture Farm, Village Mansoorpur, Atti Gate, Phillaur, District Jalandhar; 7. M/s C.G.Real Estate, G.T.Road, Goraya, District Jalandhar; 8. M/s C.H. Real Estate, G.T.Road, Goraya, District Jalandhar; 9. M/s Shaan Fibres Private Limited, G.T. Road, Goraya, District Jalandhar.;