https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786877 At the discharge stage, absence of sanction under Section 197 CrPC is not an automatic bar; sanction depends on whether the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with official duty, so discharge was not warranted on that ground. The challenge to the PMLA prosecution also failed because money laundering is treated as a continuing offence, and the court need only see whether the materials disclose a prima facie nexus with proceeds of crime, not conduct a mini-trial. Under Section 227 CrPC, the charge-sheet materials disclosed grave suspicion and sufficient ingredients to proceed, so the refusal to discharge was held legally sustainable. en-us Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:29:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786877 At the discharge stage, absence of sanction under Section 197 CrPC is not an automatic bar; sanction depends on whether the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with official duty, so discharge was not warranted on that ground. The challenge to the PMLA prosecution also failed because money laundering is treated as a continuing offence, and the court need only see whether the materials disclose a prima facie nexus with proceeds of crime, not conduct a mini-trial. Under Section 227 CrPC, the charge-sheet materials disclosed grave suspicion and sufficient ingredients to proceed, so the refusal to discharge was held legally sustainable. Case-Laws Money Laundering Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786877