Equivalent value attachment of pre-crime property sustained where proceeds of crime were traced to the appellant.

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....At the attachment stage under PMLA, the Tribunal applied preponderance of probabilities and held that bank trail material, statements of the persons concerned, the cash book and RTGS/NEFT records were sufficient to show receipt of proceeds of crime by the appellant; minor discrepancies in the cash figures did not destroy the evidentiary value, and final culpability was left to the pending prosecution complaint. It also held that property acquired before the crime period remained liable to equivalent value attachment where direct proceeds were no longer available, since no bar flows from the definition of proceeds of crime. Attachment was treated as a protective measure, and the appeal was dismissed.....