TMI Blog2021 (4) TMI 263X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t was in the hands of Padmanabhan Kishore (A2) could not have been stated as a tainted money because it is not the case of the CBI in C.C.No.3 of 2013 that Padmanabhan Kishore (A2) had mobilised ₹ 50,00,000/- via a criminal activity. The sum of ₹ 50,00,000/- became the proceeds of a crime only when Andasu Ravinder (A1) accepted it as a bribe. Even before Andasu Ravinder (A1) could pr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2. The minimum facts that are required to decide this quash petition are as under: 2.1 One Andasu Ravinder (A1), IRS, was working as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai. On intelligence, the Central Bureau of Investigation (for brevity the CBI ) checked a car that was parked in front of the premises of the said Andasu Ravinder's (A1) house on 29.08.2011 and recovered a sum of & ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 120-B IPC and Sections 7, 12, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against Andasu Ravinder (A1), Padmanabhan Kishore (A2), Uttam Chand Bohra (A3), Ramakrishnan (A4), T.Banusekar (A5) and P.Chandrasekaran (A6). Since the case registered by the CBI disclosed the commission of a 'schedule offence' under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (for brevity the PM ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o.3 of 2013. 5. The allegations against Padmanabhan Kishore (A2) in the CBI case is that he had paid a bribe of ₹ 50,00,000/- to Andasu Ravinder (A1) for certain favours. When the CBI went to the house of Andasu Ravinder (A1), they found the sum of ₹ 50,00,000/- in a car outside his house, in which, Andasu Ravinder (A1) and Uttam Chand Bohra (A3) were present. The CBI seized the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... anabhan Kishore (A2) had mobilised ₹ 50,00,000/- via a criminal activity. The sum of ₹ 50,00,000/- became the proceeds of a crime only when Andasu Ravinder (A1) accepted it as a bribe. Even before Andasu Ravinder (A1) could project the sum of ₹ 50,00,000/- as untainted money, the CBI intervened and seized the money in the car on 29.08.2011. 8. Therefore, the prosecution of P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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