Delhi High Court Grants Bail to SDPI President M.K. Faizy in PMLA Case

The judge ruled that PMLA bail limits cannot justify indefinite custody absent specific laundering evidence.

Overview

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna granted bail to M.K. Faizy, noting the case could not rest on guilt by association and that SDPI remains a lawful party.
Faizy was arrested on March 3, 2025 at Delhi’s IGI Airport in the ED’s money-laundering probe linked to the banned Popular Front of India.
The order records that the trial is likely to take a long time, citing roughly 90,000 pages of records, more than 240 witnesses and complex transactions.
ED alleges SDPI functioned as PFI’s political front, citing claims of a Rs 3.75 crore allocation in 2019 and an alleged Rs 2 lakh transfer tied to PFI leader Abdul Razak BP.
SDPI denies any connection to PFI, and the High Court said mere association or leadership roles without concrete evidence does not make out a laundering offence under Section 3 of the PMLA.