https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=787065 Bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act requires a prima facie assessment on broad probabilities that the accused is not guilty and will not commit an offence on bail, without conducting a mini-trial. Applying that standard, the Court found the applicant's alleged link to the laundering chain too weak at this stage: he was not named or charge-sheeted in the predicate FIR, that FIR had been quashed on compromise, earlier witness statements did not implicate him, and later attributions appeared materially improved. The Court also held that continued custody served no substantial investigative purpose after filing of the complaint, so bail was granted on terms. en-us Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:35:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=787065 Bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act requires a prima facie assessment on broad probabilities that the accused is not guilty and will not commit an offence on bail, without conducting a mini-trial. Applying that standard, the Court found the applicant's alleged link to the laundering chain too weak at this stage: he was not named or charge-sheeted in the predicate FIR, that FIR had been quashed on compromise, earlier witness statements did not implicate him, and later attributions appeared materially improved. The Court also held that continued custody served no substantial investigative purpose after filing of the complaint, so bail was granted on terms. Case-Laws Money Laundering Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=787065