Vijay Madanlal Choudhary vs Union Of India on 27 July, 2022
15. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner has also asserted
that since the proceedings in the FIR pertaining to the scheduled
offence have been stayed by a Division Bench of this Court, the
proceedings under PMLA would also have to be kept in abeyance to
await the final outcome of the decision of the Division Bench of this
Court. However, this plea is bereft of any merit and deserves to be
rejected. While the scheduled offence is pivotal to the accusations of
money laundering as has been held by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in
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Vijay Madanlal Choudhary's case (supra), the proceedings under
PMLA are distinct and independent. Therefore, a stay on criminal
proceedings in the FIR initiated by respondent No.1-CBI would not
extend to the proceedings for offences under PMLA, and they would
have to await the outcome of the writ petition independently.