https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419903 Money-laundering proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 are independent of the scheduled offence, and Section 3 creates a stand-alone, continuing offence. The Telangana HC held that registration of an ECIR and summons issued during investigation do not, by themselves, make a person an accused or justify quashing under Section 482 CrPC. Because the allegations disclosed a predicate offence and disputed factual issues could not be examined in a quash petition at the investigation stage, the ECIR and continuation of the ED investigation were held legally sustainable, and quashing was declined. en-us Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:38:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419903 Money-laundering proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 are independent of the scheduled offence, and Section 3 creates a stand-alone, continuing offence. The Telangana HC held that registration of an ECIR and summons issued during investigation do not, by themselves, make a person an accused or justify quashing under Section 482 CrPC. Because the allegations disclosed a predicate offence and disputed factual issues could not be examined in a quash petition at the investigation stage, the ECIR and continuation of the ED investigation were held legally sustainable, and quashing was declined. Case-Laws Money Laundering Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419903