New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Appellate Tribunal under the SAFEMA has set aside the order confirming the attachment of properties belonging to Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar and Baramati Agro Limited in a money laundering case, after noting that Pawar had already been discharged from the predicate offence as well as the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

A bench headed by Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari passed the order on August 13 on appeals filed by Pawar and Baramati Agro against a July 29, 2024 order of the Adjudicating Authority which had confirmed the provisional attachment of the properties.

The tribunal recorded that the appellants had been discharged from the predicate offen...