ORDER

18.11.2024 By these appeals, a challenge has been made to the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the attachment of the property.

The learned counsel for the appellant submitted that ECIR was recorded however without a scheduled offences other than under Section 120(B) of Indian Penal Code (in short IPC). The offence under Section 120(B) cannot stand alone unless there is another scheduled offence. In the instant case, there is no scheduled offence other than under Section

120(B) of IPC. The prayer is accordingly to set aside the Impugned Order.

The learned counsel for the respondent has contested the appeal and given brief facts of the case as to why the FIR was registered by the CBI. It was thereupon that ECIR was recorded. The prayer was accordingly made not to cause interference in the Impugned Order.

We have considered the rival submissions and find that other than Section 120(B) of IPC, there is no other scheduled offence disclosed in the FIR. The FIR was registered on 05.11.2019 for the offence u/s 120(B) and read with Section 11, 35 and 39 of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (in short ‘the Act of 2010). The offences under the Regulation of 2010 a