ORDER

09.07.2025

By these appeals under Section 26 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ( in short “the Act of 2002”), a challenge has been made to the order dated 23.10.2023 in Appeal No. FPA-PMLA-6990/DLI/2023 and order dated 06.03.2023 in Appeal No. FPA-PMLA-5884/DLI/2023 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming provisionally attachment of the properties belonging to the appellants.

2. It is a case where an FIR No. 18/2022 was registered on 22.01.2022 by Special Cell, New Delhi against unidentified individuals for commission of offence under Section 406, 420 and 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( in short “IPC”). The FIR was related to suspicious financial activities of the appellant, M/s Hemkunt Foundation.

3. It was alleged that the appellant collected substantial amount of donations pretending for reliefs to those affected by Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of utilizing the funds for intended purpose, foundation diverted the amount to personal accounts and non-operational company called “Dhruva Healthcare LLP”.

4. It has been brought on record that donations were received through online payment gateways, namely, UPI, Google Pay, and Paytm, which were linked to Hemk