Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
PMLA Section 19 | Predicate Offence Need Not Precede Arrest if Proceeds of Crime Linked by Time of Arrest : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has ruled that an arrest under PMLA is valid if the Enforcement Directorate establishes a credible link between unaccounted assets and a scheduled offence by the time of arrest, even if the FIR is registered after the ECIR but before detention. This clarifies that post-facto linkage of proceeds suffices for subjective satisfaction under Section 19, significantly expanding investigative flexibility without requiring prior criminal charges.
