The Patiala House court in Delhi on November 15 granted Jacqueline Fernandez bail in the Rs. 200-crore money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate and involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Observing that the prosecution’s case was that Jacqueline received gifts from the proceeds of crime, the court of additional sessions judge Shailender Malik said that it was yet to be examined if the actress had knowledge, intention or connection.
The court refused the ED’s claim that Fernandez was not entitled to exemption of section 45 on account of being a woman. It also did not believe the ED’s contention that the actress made an abortive bid to flee India on December 5, 2021.
