The High Court has sought answers from the Union Home Ministry and RBI on the petition of Kachori Wale from Jaipur. The court has asked whether the bank can seize an account of a person with the instructions of the investigating agency? No guideline of Union Home Ministry and RBI in this regard
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The court of Justice Anoop Dhond, while giving relief in the case of depositing the account of the Kachori merchant, instructed the bank to remove the freeze on the merchant’s account. The court gave this order while hearing the petition of businessman Padam Chand Kumar Jain.
Account freeze on Telangana Cybercrime’s instructions
Petitioner’s counsel Akshat Sharma said- On August 16, Bank of Maharashtra had seized the bank account of Padam Kumar Jain, who set up a shop in a kachori shop in partnership at Triveni Nagar intersection on the instructions of Telangana Cyber Crime Police. His entire transaction was done with this account.
They are unable to do their business due to the account seas. On this, he filed a petition in the High Court and said that the bank seized him without any notice and prior notice. At the same time, the magistrate’s permission was also not taken before seizing the account.
Bank said- 6 fraud transactions took place At the same time, the bank’s lawyer Himanshu Tholia said that 6 fraud transactions took place from different places in the petitioner’s account. It had transactions from 2 Telangana, 2 Tamil Nadu, 1 Orissa and 1 Himachal Pradesh. Through these transactions, 5 thousand rupees were deposited in the petitioner’s account.
What is the matter In Telangana, there was a fraud of lakhs of rupees from the account of a victim. At the same time, the amount of fraud was deposited from different accounts. Out of the same amount, five thousand rupees were deposited in the petitioner’s account. In such a situation, on the instructions of Telangana Cybercrime Police, the bank had freezed the account.
Cyber fraud’s charge ruined everything Petitioner Padamchand Kumar Jain said that due to my closure of my account, I could not pay labor and goods. My partnership was over due to the allegation of cyber fraud. Due to this, my shop was also closed.
The court asked-is there any policy During the hearing, it was said by the state government in the court that the cyber police of the state follow the DGP’s circular on 9 May 2025. At the same time, it was told by the central government that there is a circular of the Home Ministry for Cyber Fraud. The policy has not yet been made about this, work is going on. His draft is ready. The Union Home Ministry is working on it. On this, the court has instructed the Central Home Ministry and RBI to clarify the situation regarding the policy.
The court directed the Bank of Maharashtra to de-show the petitioner’s account. So that he can transact normally. At the same time, he directed the petitioner that he would cooperate fully in the investigation to the bank and agency if needed.
