Criminal Conspiracy as a PMLA Scheduled Offence After Pavana Dibbur: When Section 120B IPC / Section 61 BNS Can Support an ED Case

After Pavana Dibbur, Section 120B IPC cannot operate as a universal shortcut for bringing every criminal conspiracy within PMLA. The Supreme Court held that criminal conspiracy becomes a scheduled-offence foundation only where the object of the conspiracy is itself an offence otherwise included in Parts A, B or C of the PMLA Schedule. This detailed guide explains the object-offence test, stand-alone conspiracy allegations, composite FIR and charge-sheet defects, Part B thresholds and Part C qualifications, the consequences where an originally scheduled allegation disappears from the final pred

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