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Issues: Whether the complaints and cognizance taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 were liable to be quashed on the ground that the attached proceeds of crime were less than one crore rupees and, consequently, the proceedings were said to be non-cognizable and void.
Analysis: The complaint challenged the proceedings on a narrow monetary threshold theory, but the statutory scheme of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 does not make prosecution under Section 3 or punishment under Section 4 dependent on any minimum quantum of attached proceeds of crime. The offence of money laundering is distinct from the scheduled offence and is triggered by the existence and handling of proceeds of crime, not by the amount attached at a given stage. The attachment mechanism is a separate civil consequence under the Act and does not control the maintainability of criminal prosecution. The decision also relied on the principle that money laundering is a continuing offence and that the relevant inquiry is the total proceeds of crime involved, not merely the portion attached.
Conclusion: The challenge based on the amount attached was rejected, and the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 were held to be maintainable.
Final Conclusion: The applications for quashing failed, and the prosecution under the money-laundering was allowed to proceed.
Ratio Decidendi: Prosecution for money laundering is not contingent on any minimum amount of attached proceeds of crime, because the offence under the Act is independent of the scheduled offence and is complete by involvement with proceeds of crime.
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