Equivalent-value attachment survives prior release and environmental compensation where deposits may represent proceeds from alleged illegal mining activities.

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....Prior release of frozen property for failure to file a prosecution complaint within the prescribed period does not decide the merits or bar a subsequent attachment. Orders quashing predicate-offence and money-laundering proceedings for particular individuals do not prevent continuation of proceedings against a firm or adjudication of attachments concerning other individuals. Compensation paid for environmental-clearance and forest-law violations neither compounds money-laundering offences nor offsets proceeds of crime from alleged illegal mining. Bank deposits representing available proceeds of crime, or their equivalent value, remain attached pending finality of the PMLA trial.....