PMLA recorded reasons and communicated arrest grounds upheld search and arrest linked to retained land-acquisition compensation proceeds.

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....PMLA search, seizure and arrest powers require recorded reasons to believe under sections 17 and 19, supported by material linking the person searched or arrested to proceeds of crime. In a land-compensation transaction involving a void unilateral cancellation of a registered gift deed, land vested in a local body and later acquired for a highway project. Contemporaneous cancellation and sale deeds, the circumstances of purchase, and receipt, partial refund and retention of compensation supported an active role and benefit from proceeds of crime. Communication of grounds of arrest and disclosure of supporting material satisfied the statutory conditions, rejecting the challenge to search, seizure and arrest.....