RANCHI, India, March 31 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 27:

1. Since these matters are interlinked and, as such, these are heard together and being disposed of by this common order/judgment.

2. All these Criminal Revision petitions have been filed under sections 438 & 442 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

3. These Criminal Revision petitions are directed against the order dated 21.08.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge, PML Act, Ranchi in connection with ECIR Case No. 08 of 2023 arising out of ECIR/RNZO/09/2022 registered for the offence under Sections 3 punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (in short PMLA,2002) whereby and whereunder, the Miscellaneous Criminal Applications filed by the petitioner seeking discharge, have been rejected.

Factual Matrix:

4. The brief facts of the case as per the pleadings made in the instant petitions which requires to be enumerated herein, read as under: (i) The basis of present ECIR case is following 4 FIR [1. Deoghar Town PS Case No. 342 of 2020 dated 11.07.2020 u/s.419/420/467/468/471/379/427/ 120B/34 of the IPC (Land FIR), 2. Jasidih PS Case No FIR No. 50 of 2020 dated 21.01.2020 u/s. 420/166/463/467/468/471/120B/34 IPC (Land FIR),

3. Margomunda PS Case No 27 of 2020 dated 16.07.2020 u/s. 420/379/120B IPC and section 4/21 of Jharkhand Mines Minerals (Development & Regulation), 1957 and Section 54 of J.M.M. Grant Rules, 2004 [Sand FIR] and

4. Rikhiya PS Case No 01 of 2022 dated 01.01.2022 u/s. 272/273/467 IPC and section 47A of Jharkhand Excise Duty Act, 1915 (Liquor FIR)]. The details of above mentioned 4 FIR is as follows. (ii) In short as per first FIR i.e. Deoghar Town PS Case No. 342 of 2020 dated 11.07.2020 u/s. 419/420/467/468/471/379/427/120B/34 of the IPC (Land FIR) is that informant Kiran Singh had purchased, the land located in Deoghar, in Mouza- Shyamganj, Mohalla- Castair's Town popularly known as "Roy Bangla" in the year 1998 and were in peaceful possession of the same and had also been paying all the taxes to the government against the said property since 1998 till the accused Jogendra Tiwari and others took over the possession of the land by using illegal means, demolished the old house situated thereon and fraudulent sold of parts of the land. It also surfaced that the petitioner also received proceeds of crime arising out of such sale of property.

(iii) In short as per second FIR i.e. Jasidih PS Case No FIR No. 50 of 2020 dated 21.01.2020 u/s. 420/166/463/467/468/471/120B/34 IPC (Land FIR) is that the petitioner Jogendra Tiwari along with the other accused persons hatched criminal conspiracy for issuance and production of forged land possession certificate (LPC) and deed for land measuring 27,413.25 square feet at Mouza Shyamaganj, thana no. 413, Plot No. 775 and 776 District Deoghar. LPC of the aforesaid land was sent by Amar Prasad vide email dt 16.01.2020 at 5.40P.M. to District Sub Registrar bearing letter no. 1024 dt. 03.07.2019. It is further pertinent to mention here that Amar Prasad had already been transferred as on 16.01.2020 and handed over his charge to Circle Officer Anil Kumar Singh on 14.10.2019. On the basis of said LPC land against which the complainant had executed the agreement to sale dated 11.09.2019 was registered in the name of

(i) M/s. Saran Alcohal Pvt. Ltd. and others and

(ii) Brij Mohan Singh vide two deeds both dated 17.01.2020.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=A9S7c5LDIsB6RXaCf816xyJsz4gZYIUSEWWei3yZqTQ4EFoDbBLxnMMJlBpLknV4&caseno=Cr.Rev./1120/2025&cCode=1&cino=JHHC010362412025&state_code=7&appFlag=)

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