https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793634 Arrest under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is valid only where the authorised officer has current, objective material in hand, records written reasons to believe, communicates the grounds of arrest, and follows the statutory forwarding and remand safeguards. The power is not a routine investigative tool and cannot rest on conjecture, recycled suspicion, or mere non-cooperation. Stale material from earlier proceedings, without fresh incriminating material emerging from the later search, does not meet the statutory threshold. On the stated facts, the arrest was held contrary to law and release forthwith was directed. en-us Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:19:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793634 Arrest under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is valid only where the authorised officer has current, objective material in hand, records written reasons to believe, communicates the grounds of arrest, and follows the statutory forwarding and remand safeguards. The power is not a routine investigative tool and cannot rest on conjecture, recycled suspicion, or mere non-cooperation. Stale material from earlier proceedings, without fresh incriminating material emerging from the later search, does not meet the statutory threshold. On the stated facts, the arrest was held contrary to law and release forthwith was directed. Case-Laws Money Laundering Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793634