Bank account attachment treated as inoperative after expiry of limited period, with relief granted and banks restrained from continuing it.

Bank account attachment was treated as inoperative because it had been stated to operate only for six months and no extension order was shown. On that basis, the court found the grievance regarding the petitioners' bank accounts to have been worked out and directed the banks not to continue the attachment. Relief in relation to the bank account attachment was therefore granted, while the petition was otherwise disposed of with liberty on the unresolved provisional-release issue.

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Issues: Whether the attachment of the petitioners' bank accounts could be treated as operative and whether the relief in that regard stood worked out.

Analysis: The bank account attachment was stated to be for a limited period of six months and no extension orders were shown to exist. On that basis, the attachment was not operational as on the date of the order. The Court therefore treated the grievance as having been worked out and directed the banks to act on that position and not continue the attachment.

Conclusion: The relief concerning the bank accounts was allowed and the impugned attachment was declared inoperative.

Final Conclusion: The petition was disposed of with liberty on the unresolved provisional-release issue, while granting relief in relation to the bank account attachment.

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