The Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Thursday extended the ED custody of Hong Xuquan, the interim CEO of Vivo India, and two others by one day in a money laundering case. Vacation Session Judge Chhavi Kapoor extended the ED custody of Hong Xuquan, Harinder Dahiya, and Hemant Munjal till Friday. ED sought 5 days of further custody for all three accused.
The agency’s Special Public Prosecutors (SPP), Manish Jain and Simon Benjamin, argued that the summons have been issued to some people. They have to be confronted with the accused.
The data recovered from emails of accused persons also has to be confronted with the accused persons and recorded voluminously. They need time to investigate the matter, SPPs argued. On the other hand, senior advocate Siddharth Agarwal raised the issue of illegal arrest and submitted that an inquiry was conducted on the order of the predecessor court. The court also provided a copy of the inquiry report. The court noted that the judicial file was not received from the predecessor court.
After hearing the submissions, the court expressed its opinion, saying that the judicial file had not been received from the predecessor court. In this situation, one day, police custody or judicial custody can be granted.
They were produced after the expiry of two days. Earlier, they were remanded in three days of custody. They were arrested on December 22, 2023. A senior advocate submitted that On December 7, 2023, the prosecution complaint was filed.
The accused were arrested on December 22. The first remand was granted on December 23.