Professional Fee Paid By Accused-Client Is Not 'Proceeds Of Crime' Unless Advocate Himself Is Complicit: Allahabad High Court

Sparsh Upadhyay

1 July 2026 12:07 PM IST

  • Professional Fee Paid By Accused-Client Is Not Proceeds Of Crime Unless Advocate Himself Is Complicit: Allahabad High Court

    An Advocate could be defending an accused who is indeed involved in a big scam or fraud but when fee is remitted by such an accused to his learned Counsel in account the money cannot be said to be proceeds of crime, High Court said.

    In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has held that a fee remitted to an advocate from an accused for his professional duties cannot be arbitrarily classified as "proceeds of crime" unless the advocate is himself involved in a criminal offence. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Arun Kumar remarked thus while taking severe exception to the Cyber Cell freezing...

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    Sparsh Upadhyay is an Associate Editor with LiveLaw.

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