https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=444667 A writ petition seeking quashing of an ECIR and protection against coercive action was treated as premature where the petitioner was not named as an accused in the predicate FIR, the ECIR, or the prosecution complaint, and the ECIR was not on record. A summons issued under PMLA Section 50 was held to confer inquiry powers only and not to authorise arrest, which remains governed separately by Section 19. The availability of anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC, even before a formal accusation, was recognised as an alternate remedy subject to PMLA conditions, so the challenge based only on apprehended arrest did not justify writ relief. en-us Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=444667 A writ petition seeking quashing of an ECIR and protection against coercive action was treated as premature where the petitioner was not named as an accused in the predicate FIR, the ECIR, or the prosecution complaint, and the ECIR was not on record. A summons issued under PMLA Section 50 was held to confer inquiry powers only and not to authorise arrest, which remains governed separately by Section 19. The availability of anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC, even before a formal accusation, was recognised as an alternate remedy subject to PMLA conditions, so the challenge based only on apprehended arrest did not justify writ relief. Case-Laws Money Laundering Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=444667