What are tainted properties?
The term tainted property is sometimes used in place of illegally acquired property. The basic concept for alleging a property, as illegally, acquired property is that it has been derived partly or fully from an income, which has taint of having been earned from drug related offences. The term, tainted property is also therefore used interchangeably with illegally acquired property. (Sub Section g of Section 68B of the NDPS Act 1985) Question 4 : If a person, not connected in anyway with drug trafficking, buys a property, which is an illegally acquired property of a drug offender, will this property be also treated as illegally acquired property? Answer : The property will not be treated as illegally acquired property only if it has been bought in good faith with adequate consideration. Only if these two criterions are satisfied, the taint of illegal acquisition of property gets washed away, otherwise the taint remains and it is liable to forfeiture.
