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TMI Blog2023 (3) TMI 1497X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... MT. MANEESHA KONGOVI, ADVOCATE For the Respondent : SRI. UNNIKRISHNAN M., ADVOCATE ORDER The petitioners have challenged the legality and propriety of the criminal proceedings initiated against them in Spl. C.C. No. 177/2017 pending trial before the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru (CCH - 1). They have also challenged the order dated 20.04.2017 taking cognizance of an offence ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed to take cognizance of the offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, took cognizance in Spl.C.C.No.327/2015. The petitioner No. 1 challenged the order taking cognizance before this Court in Crl.R.P.No.814/2015. This Court in terms of the order dated 24.02.2016 allowed the criminal revision petition and set aside the order taking cognizance of the offence against the petitioner No. 1. This ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and issued process. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners has placed on record an order dated 08.02.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No. 736/2018, by which, this Court quashed the proceedings initiated against the accused No. 1/petitioner No. 2 herein on the ground that the required sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corrupti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X .....
5. In view of the above, this petition is allowed. The prosecution of the petitioners/accused for the predicate offence under Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in Spl.C.C.No. 177/2017 pending before the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru (CCH - 1) is quashed. Consequently, the petitioners are set free. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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