Kushal Kumar Agarwal vs Directorate Of Enforcement 2025 INSC 760 - PMLA - CrPC -BNSS

Does Section 223 BNSS apply to complaint filed under Section 44 PMLA?

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 - Section 44; Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 - Section 223 - The provisions of Chapter XVI of BNSS, containing Sections 223 to 226, will also apply to a complaint (filed after 1st July, 2024) under Section 44 of the PMLA. [Context: In this case, an opportunity of being heard was not given by the Special Judge to the appellant before taking cognizance of the offence on the complaint- SC held: Only on that ground, the impugned order dated 20th April, 2024, will have to be set aside.]

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