ORDER

12.03.2026

By these 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 04.08.2023 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the Provisional Attachment Order (‘PAO’) dated 23.02.2023.

Brief facts of the case:

2. It is a case where an FIR was registered by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Salem, Tamil Nadu for the offence under Section 13 (2) read with Section 13(1)(e) and Section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (in short the “the Act of 1988”). Shri G. Sevakumaran, appellant, was found to be in possession of the proceeds disproportionate to his known source of income to the tune of Rs.3,31,79,560/-. The appellant joined the Government service as Assistant Engineer sometime in the year 1997 and worked at various places and found to have assets disproportionate to his known source of income. The check-period therein was taken from 01.04.2012 to 31.03.2019. He acquired the assets worth of Rs.2,07,90,330/- during the check-period, while his total income to the tune of Rs.1,17,00,000/- and his total expenditure to the tune of Rs.2,40,89,230/-