Hasan Ali Khan remanded

Hasan Ali remanded to Enforcement Directorate custody

The Supreme Court on Thursday remanded Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan in Enforcement Directorate's custody for four days, while pulling up the trial court judge who had granted bail to him dismissing the agency's plea for his remand in a money laundering case.

A bench of justices B.Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar said it was "deeply disturbed" at the manner in which the trial court judge had rejected the ED's contention and granted bail while giving a lengthy order for it.

The apex court initially remanded Mr. Khan, 53, in ED's custody for 72 hours but extended it to four days following a plea made by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium.

"The way the proceedings were conducted, we are deeply disturbed," the bench observed, while staying the trial court's order for bail to Khan and wondered, "Why has the learned judge written so much?"

The apex court said it was staying the trial court's order due to the extraordinary circumstances of the case.

"The order passed by the learned judge has created an extraordinary situation which may ultimately frustrate the entire investigation. Having regard to the extraordinary situation, complexity of the issue and the magnitude of the case, we deem it fit to stay the order," the bench said.

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