Proceeds of crime are foundational to money-laundering proceedings, which cannot continue after final discharge in the scheduled offence.

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....Money-laundering proceedings require the existence of proceeds of crime derived from criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence. The notes state that, where allegations against persons arise solely from transactions with an entity that has been finally discharged on the basis that the relevant funds were not proceeds of crime, proceedings against those persons cannot continue. Applying the principle in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary, the HC reportedly quashed the criminal process and rejected-discharge order against the petitioners because the underlying transaction no longer involved proceeds of crime.....