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2025 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 6723

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
A. S. Gadkari, Rajesh S. Patil, JJ
Krishna Shantaram Chamankar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Shreeyash Lalit, Ms. Shweta R. Rathod
For the Respondents: Ms. Manisha Jagtap, Smt. M.M. Deshmukh

Table of Content
1. petitioners seek quashing of charge-sheet based on discharge from predicate offence. (Para 1 , 3)
2. court discusses applicability of legal precedents on predicate offences in relation to pmla. (Para 2 , 4 , 5)
3. ruling allows petition based on established legal principles regarding predicate offences. (Para 6)

JUDGMENT ( Per : A. S. GADKARI, J.) :-

1) By this Petition under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), the Petitioners have prayed for a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction thereby quashing and setting aside the charge-sheet filed in PMLA Special Case No. 2 of 2016, arising out of ECIR/MBZO/07/2015 and ECIR/MBZO/08/2015, along with all consequential proceedings against the Petitioners.

2) Heard Mr. Lalit, learned counsel for the Petitioners, Ms. Jagtap, learned Advocate for Respondent No.2 and Smt. Deshmukh, learned APP for Respondent No.3, State. Perused record and the Affidavit-in-reply dated 19th August 2025, filed by Shri Ramswaroop Yadav, Assistant Director of Respondent No.2.

3) Mr. Lalit, learned counsel appeari

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