https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313590 Section 482 CrPC is confined to criminal proceedings under the Code and cannot be used to quash an ECIR, which is only an internal administrative step under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act. As the ECIR is not equivalent to an FIR and prosecution under the Act begins only on filing of a complaint under Section 44, judicial review at the pre-complaint stage was premature. The petition was held not maintainable and the challenge rejected. en-us Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:41:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313590 Section 482 CrPC is confined to criminal proceedings under the Code and cannot be used to quash an ECIR, which is only an internal administrative step under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act. As the ECIR is not equivalent to an FIR and prosecution under the Act begins only on filing of a complaint under Section 44, judicial review at the pre-complaint stage was premature. The petition was held not maintainable and the challenge rejected. Case-Laws Money Laundering Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313590