R. Durgashankar Vs Enforcement Department in Crl.O.P.No.5304 of 2024 – ECIR No. CEZO-I/35/2020 dated 22.06.2020 quashed.
Hon’ble High Court of Madras quashed ECIR No. CEZO-I/35/2020 dated 22.06.2020 in Crl.O.P.No.5304 of 2024 in view of the proceedings against the petitioner in the predicate offence in C.C.No.14 of 2019 having been quashed by the order of this Court dated 29.08.2023 made in Crl.O.P.No.7273 of 2023. Hon’ble High Court of Madras relied on the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Vijay Madanlal Choudhary and Others v. Union of India and Others, reported in (2022) SCC Online SC 929, for its view that proceedings under PMLA cannot continue if the accused is discharged of the Scheduled Offence. Essentially, it establishes that an offence under PMLA is not a stand-alone offence.