JUDGMENT :

G. JAYACHANDRAN, C. KUMARAPPAN, JJ.

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 378 of Cr.P.C., to call for the entire records relating to the judgment made in C.C.No.4 of 2016, dated 13.12.2017, on the file of the II Additional District Court for CBI Cases, Madurai, and to set aside the same and allow the appeal.)

1. Appeal against the dismissal of the complaint preferred by the Deputy Director of Enforcement Directorate, Chennai. The complaint against the respondents initiated under Section 45 (1) of the Prevention of Money- Laundering Act, 2002 [hereinafter referred to as ''the PMLA''] for the offence of money-laundering as defined under Section 3 of the said Act, which is punishable under Section 4 of the Act, ended in acquittal, hence, this appeal.

2. Facts leading to the appeal is capsulated as under:

2.1. During the years 2007 - 2008, the first respondent G.Varadarajan [A1] was the Sub-Postmaster at Vedasandhur Post Office, Dindigul Division. At that time, one Thimmaraya Perumal [A2] was the Postal Assistant. The second respondent Murugesan [A3] was the Postal Assistant. The third respondent S.Karthika [A5] was the Mahila Pradhan Khestriya Bachat Yojna Agent [in short