ORDER

06.03.2025

FPA-PMLA-3550&3786/HYD/2020, FPA-PMLA-5427-5435/HYD/2023

By the batch of appeals, a challenge has been made to the order dated 04.02.2020 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the Provisional Attachment Order dated 16.08.2019. The appeals have been preferred by the appellants who were impleaded as Defendants.The application for impleadment filed by the appellant was allowed by the Adjudicating Authority. One appeal has been filed by accused Smt. NowheraShaik and accordingly the group of appeals were taken together for its disposal.

Brief facts of the case:

2. It is a case where multiple FIRs were registered at various police stations across the country against Smt. NowheraShaik, BijuThomas, Molly Thomas and many others involved for offence under Section 406,409,420,506 and 120-B of IPC, 1860 and Section 5 of Telangana Depositors Financial Establishment Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act of 1999‟)and Section 6 of the Price Chits & Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 (in short `the Act of 1978‟).

3. The first FIR bearing No. 154/2012 was registered with Central Crime Station, Hyderabad and thereupon series of FIRs were registered w