Depreciation and routine compliance expenses disallowance did not prove inaccurate particulars or misreporting; penalty sustained only on foreign trav...
The AT dismissed the appeal. The appellant company was found to be a sham entity established to launder proceeds of crime by an accused, Mr. Anurag Gupta. The ED complied with procedural requirements u/ss 5, 17 and 20 of PMLA for retaining seized properties prima facie involved in money laundering. The offence being independent, the appellant could be proceeded against despite not being named in the scheduled offence FIR/chargesheet, as it possessed unexplained proceeds of crime.
The AT dismissed the appeal. The appellant company was found to be a sham entity established to launder proceeds of crime by an accused, Mr. Anurag Gupta. The ED complied with procedural requirements u/ss 5, 17 and 20 of PMLA for retaining seized properties prima facie involved in money laundering. The offence being independent, the appellant could be proceeded against despite not being named in the scheduled offence FIR/chargesheet, as it possessed unexplained proceeds of crime.
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