Individual Attribution of Laundered Funds Determines Access to PMLA Twin-Condition Bail Exemption and Limits Bail Cancellation

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....Section 45's first proviso under the PMLA assesses the amount attributed to each accused, rather than the aggregate proceeds of crime in the prosecution. Its monetary-threshold exemption from twin bail conditions is discretionary and depends on the person's involvement and available material. Where material links an accused only to a confined transaction below the threshold, without direct or indirect participation in wider laundering, the accused may seek the proviso's benefit. Cancellation of bail requires perversity or fallacy in the discretion exercised, undue benefit, and prejudice to the prosecution; absent a need for custody or risk to investigation, release conditions may adequately address flight risk.....