Prima facie money-laundering material defeats discharge where trustee conduct links the accused to loan diversion and laundering allegations.

Discharge in money-laundering proceedings is assessed on whether the record discloses a prima facie case and strong suspicion, without a roving inquiry or trial-stage weighing of evidence. The notes state that a claimed resignation from a trust did not negate material showing that the petitioner signed loan-sanction documents as trustee, mortgaged property for the loan, and was linked to the alleged diversion and laundering of loan proceeds. On that material, the prosecution was stated to warrant continuation and discharge was not available.

---

---

Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to discharge from the money-laundering prosecution for want of prima facie material connecting her with the alleged offence.

Analysis: At the stage of discharge or framing of charge, the assessment is confined to whether the record discloses a prima facie case and raises strong suspicion; it does not permit a roving enquiry or weighing of evidence as at trial. The materials showed that, notwithstanding the claimed resignation from the trust, the petitioner signed the loan-sanction documents as a trustee, mortgaged property for the loan, and was linked to the alleged diversion and laundering of loan proceeds. These materials justified continuation of the prosecution.

Conclusion: The petitioner was not entitled to discharge; prima facie material supported the charge of money laundering.

---