2025 (4) TMI 110

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....RI AND SHRI V. ANANDARAJAN For the Appellant : Shri Deepak Bajaj, Advocate For the Respondent : Shri Kshitiz Aggarwal, Advocate FINAL ORDER FPA-PMLA-4994/CHD/2022, FPA-PMLA-6913/CHD/2023 The appeals have been filed to challenge the order dated 07.09.2022 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the Provisional Attachment Order dated 15.03.2022. 2. It is a case where an ....

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.... the charge sheet and in the light of the aforesaid, Provisional Attachment Order and its continuance should be interfered. 4. It is submitted that the FIR was registered on 14.12.2016 for the offence under Section 409,420,120-B IPC and Section 7,13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The appellant was even arrested though subsequently bail was granted. Delay in completion of the investi....

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....nt has been arrayed as main accused. Thus, so far as the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (in short 'the Act of 2002') are concerned, it has proceeded with filing of the Prosecution Complaint with no delay therein. So far as the alleged delay of the predicate agency to complete the investigation is concerned, the counsel had shown unawareness because it is different a....

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....missions and perused the record carefully. 9. The facts on record shows that an FIR was registered against the appellant on 14.12.2016 for the offence under Section 409,420,120-B IPC read with Section 7,13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The ECIR was then recorded finding a predicate offence against the appellant. It proceeded with the investigation and prosecution complaint has alre....