11 years on, PMLA charges framed against Hasan Ali Khan

MUMBAI: Eleven years after Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan was arrested in a money-laundering case, the special court on Tuesday framed charges against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), thus paving the way for trial to commence.
If trial commences, it will be the first such case under the PMLA in a city court. If convicted, the minimum sentence is three years in jail, and the maximum seven years.
Khan was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2011, and has been out on bail since 2015. The 70-year-old, who is suffering from acute kidney ailments, could not remain present before special judge M G Deshpande on Tuesday, and attended the proceedings via videoconferencing. Bedridden, Khan pleaded not guilty to the charges.