https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=779886 A money-laundering complaint under the PMLA may proceed where the accused is alleged to continue possessing property said to be proceeds of crime, even if the predicate offence has been quashed, because Section 3 is treated as a continuing offence. The court treated whether the property was in fact proceeds of crime, and whether the accused had the requisite knowledge or mens rea, as matters for trial rather than quashing jurisdiction. Earlier quashing of a separate criminal case did not by itself defeat the complaint, and statutory presumptions were left to operate at the appropriate stage. en-us Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:27:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=779886 A money-laundering complaint under the PMLA may proceed where the accused is alleged to continue possessing property said to be proceeds of crime, even if the predicate offence has been quashed, because Section 3 is treated as a continuing offence. The court treated whether the property was in fact proceeds of crime, and whether the accused had the requisite knowledge or mens rea, as matters for trial rather than quashing jurisdiction. Earlier quashing of a separate criminal case did not by itself defeat the complaint, and statutory presumptions were left to operate at the appropriate stage. Case-Laws Money Laundering Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=779886