2022 (8) TMI 1256

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....titioner(s) Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta LD SG Mr. S.V. Raju, LD ASG Mr. M.K.Maroria, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. O R D E R Leave granted. The appellants herein have questioned the judgment and order dated 17.12.2020 as passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Criminal Re....

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....the pendency of trial, the Directorate of Enforcement registered a case against the accused No. 1 and the appellants under the Act of 2002 and filed a complaint on 08.06.2016 before the Special Court for trial of the offence under Section 3 thereof. In the meantime, the Special Judge (Lokayukta) acquitted the accused No. 1 of the offences aforesaid under the Act of 1988 while observing that the....

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.... the Directorate preferred a revision petition before the High Court. The High Court proceeded to set aside the discharge order while observing that the allegations made in the complaint and the material produced, prima facie, made out sufficient ground for proceeding against the appellants for offences under the Act of 2002. Learned counsel for the appellants has contended that the issue as in....

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....red with the jurisdictional police and/or pending enquiry/trial including by way of criminal complaint before the competent forum. If the person is finally discharged/acquitted of the scheduled offence or the criminal case against him is quashed by the Court of competent jurisdiction, there can be no offence of money-laundering against him or any one claiming such property being the property linke....