https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465449 Police power to seize or prohibit operation of a bank account is confined to property that is stolen, suspected to be stolen, or otherwise found under suspicious circumstances, and cannot be used as a substitute for attachment of alleged proceeds of crime. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, attachment of property believed to be derived directly or indirectly from criminal activity must be sought through the prescribed judicial process before the jurisdictional Magistrate. A debit freeze based only on a transfer trail indicating possible proceeds of crime was therefore not sustainable as a direct police measure; restraint on the account had to follow the statutory attachment procedure. en-us Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:20:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465449 Police power to seize or prohibit operation of a bank account is confined to property that is stolen, suspected to be stolen, or otherwise found under suspicious circumstances, and cannot be used as a substitute for attachment of alleged proceeds of crime. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, attachment of property believed to be derived directly or indirectly from criminal activity must be sought through the prescribed judicial process before the jurisdictional Magistrate. A debit freeze based only on a transfer trail indicating possible proceeds of crime was therefore not sustainable as a direct police measure; restraint on the account had to follow the statutory attachment procedure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465449