FINAL ORDER

29.10.2025

By batch of three appeals filed 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 25.05.2022 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the Provisional Attachment Order dated 11.08.2021.

Brief facts of the case:

2. It is a case where the movable properties worth of Rs.6,88,70,759/- have been provisionally attached under Section 5(1) of the Act of 2002. The details of the properties in the hands of many persons have been given in the impugned order. However, we would restrict these appeals in regard to the properties of the appellants leaving other properties. The properties were including seizure of the cash of Rs.11 Lakhs by the Assam Rifles from the possession of appellant No. 3 Zingshongam Muinao, Rs.15 Lakhs from the possession of Shri Vimal Kumar Jain, who is not appellant before us, Rs.1,32,72,800/- seized by the Assam Rifles from the house premise of Rayilung Nsarangbe and Mrs. Ruth Chawang, appellants. It is apart from the funds in the bank accounts, mutual funds and the insurance funds in the name of the appellants.

3. It is a case where Assam Rifles registered