Special Judge Hardip Singh of a Mohali court in Punjab convicted 80-year-old retired Indian Air Force junior warrant officer Dara Singh and his 77-year-old associate Gurdarshan Singh on September 3, 2025, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sentencing each to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000. ^[1] In August 2008, the SAS Nagar police booked Dara Singh and Gurdarshan Singh for possessing 1.23 kg of cocaine worth ₹50 lakh at the time, and also seized two bank cheques worth ₹10 lakh that Dara Singh gave to Gurdarshan Singh to purchase the contraband. ^[2] The court ruled that the two bank cheques, being the outcome of dealings between the accused, are to be considered proceeds of crime, and discarded the defence's arguments. ^[3] The Enforcement Directorate booked Dara Singh and Gurdarshan Singh under the PMLA in October 2019 and filed a chargesheet against them in October 2022, classifying the drugs and the cheques as proceeds of crime. ^[4] Following the verdict, the two accused, who were on bail, were remanded to judicial custody. ^[5] The case originated from an FIR registered on August 28, 2008, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following the seizure of 1.230 kilograms of cocaine from the accused. ^[6] The court imposed a fine of 5,000 rupees on each accused, Dara Singh and Gurdarshan Singh. ^[7]