Anticipatory bail under PMLA remains available despite ineffective proclamation proceedings, subject to satisfaction of statutory twin conditions.
Proceeds of crime require a proven scheduled-offence nexus; prolonged pre-trial detention may justify regular bail under PMLA.
Money-laundering prosecution focuses on scheduled offences and proceeds of crime, while discharge requires only a prima facie case.
Provisional attachment of laundered funds and equivalent-value property sustained, with statutory protection limited to pension, gratuity and providen...
Equivalent-value property attachment extends to pre-existing assets when alleged crime proceeds cannot be traced or recovered.
Corporate representation in PMLA summons proceedings permitted through an authorised signatory, subject to directors' continuing cooperation and atten...
Distinct money-laundering offence permits PMLA prosecution after predicate-offence conviction; double jeopardy does not apply.
Reasoned adjudication of crypto asset freezing required findings on ownership, platform control, knowledge, and nexus with proceeds of crime.
Proceeds of crime classification upheld where claimed salary and loan receipts lacked supporting employment, loan, and repayment evidence.
PMLA twin bail conditions remained unsatisfied as alleged fund diversion, flight risk, and imminent trial defeated regular bail.
Prima facie material and strong suspicion justified refusal of discharge in the alleged money-laundering prosecution.
Knowing assistance with proceeds of crime supports money-laundering charges where specific fund transfers show active prima facie involvement.
Money-laundering discharge requires assessment of prima facie PMLA ingredients, not re-evaluation of pending predicate offences.
Territorial jurisdiction under PMLA may be concurrent, allowing transfer to align money-laundering proceedings with the connected scheduled offence.
Retention of seized property survives where recorded reasons support proceeds of crime, while stayed investigation periods are excluded from limitatio...
Pre-crime business payments are not proceeds of crime; equivalent-value attachment requires proven receipt or diversion of criminal proceeds
Equivalent value attachment of pre-crime property sustained where proceeds of crime were traced to the appellant.
PMLA bail requires a live scheduled offence and identified proceeds of crime; prolonged custody justified release.
Custodial assault allegations during summons proceedings fail where no contemporaneous proof links injuries to alleged coercion
PMLA provisional attachment fails without reason to believe; tribunal release order upheld on identical facts.
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