MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A metropolitan magistrate court in Girgaon on Tuesday granted bail to 75-year-old businessman Abdul Kader, arrested last week for allegedly encroaching upon and demolishing the defunct New Roshan Talkies in Khetwadi-a property attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during its money-laundering probe against late drug trafficker Iqbal Mirchi. According to the VP Road police, Kader is an associate of Mirchi, whose family owned the cinema hall. Kader allegedly claimed ownership of the hall without documents, executed a Rs.15-crore sale agreement with a certain Govind Bansal, took Rs.99 lakh as token money, and sold scrap from the site for Rs.5 lakh to a certain U Dhani. The ED had attached the property in 2020 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). When it moved to take physical possession in December 2024, the structure had allegedly been razed two months earlier. Kader was arrested on August 6 after an FIR was registered the previous day under sections 329(3) (aggravated criminal trespass), 318(4) (aggravated cheating), 323(3) (dishonest or fraudulent concealment or removal of property) and 324(5) (aggravated mischief), and 223(b) (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Granting bail, additional judicial magistrate AK Mandavgade noted that all the sections except 318(4) were bailable and that the FIR was not lodged by Bansal, with whom Kader allegedly dealt. "Taking into consideration the age of the accused, I am of the view that by imposing conditions, the accused can be released on bail," the court said, adding that "prima facie there is no complaint" under section 223(b). The court ordered Kader's release on a Rs.50,000 personal bond with surety or cash bail of a similar amount, subject to conditions including not tampering with prosecution evidence....