2025 (12) TMI 1796

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....t bank account No. 00741020000009454 of the petitioner. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is having the current bank account in the IDBI Bank, Konnagar Branch, West Bengal. On May 13, 2024, the Bank has kept the current account of the petitioner freezed on the request of the Cyber Cell Department of Odisha. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on May 13, 2024 the mother of the petitioner namely, Jogomaya has transferred an amount of Rs. 6,50,000/- but without any notice and without any intimation to the petitioner, the Bank has freezed the account of the petitioner. The petitioner has made request to the concern authorities and the request made by the petitioner was forwarded by th....

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....uthorities. She submits that if the petitioner will produce the NOC from the Cyber Cell authorities, the Bank will allow the petitioner to operate the bank account. 8. The learned counsel for the RBI submits that no communication has been made by the petitioner with the RBI. 9. The learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon an unreported judgment in the case of Mr. Kartik Yogeshwar Chatur Vs. Uni0n of India & Ors. in Criminal Writ Petition No. 321 of 2025 passed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of Bombay High Court, Nagpur Branch dated November 20, 2025 wherein the Hon'ble Division Bench of Bombay High Court, Nagpur Branch rely upon a judgment passed by the Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the case of Headstar Global Pvt. Ltd. Vs. St....

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....nt. 11. Considering the above, this Court finds that in the present case, on the basis of the instruction of the Cyber Cell Department, the Bank has kept the account of the petitioner in lien and in the account, it is recorded that the disputed amount is Rs. 25,000/-. The Bank has taken the stand that unless and until no objection has been obtained by the petitioner from the concerned Cyber Cell authorities, it is not possible for the Bank to defreeze the account but the legal possession is otherwise. 12. The Bank has not produced any document before this Court that any order passed by the Magistrate for allowing the Cyber Cell Department to freeze the account of the petitioner. 13. Considering the above, this Court finds that the ....