Supreme Court of India

The Union of India through the Assistant Director v. Kanhaiya Prasad

Neutral citation
Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 544
Bench Bela M. Trivedi J.
Decided 12 February 2025

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above, there remains no shadow of doubt that the consideration of the two conditions mentioned in Section 45 is mandatory, and that while considering the bail application, the said rigours of Section 45 have to be reckoned by the court to uphold the objectives of the PMLA.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – ss.45, 50 – Commission of offence under PMLA – Grant of bail – Twin conditions for bail u/s.45 – Respondent allegedly layered and laundered the proceeds of crime generated by his father-syndicate member involved in illegal sale of sand using hawala network and concealed the proceeds of crime and used the said proceeds – Complaint filed by the appellant-UOI against the respondent for offences u/ss.3/4 of the PMLA – PMLA court took cognizance of the alleged offences – Bail application by the respondent – Allowed by the High Court – Correctness: Held:

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.