- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:17707 WP No. 8498 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO. 8498 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: ANASWAR P., AGED AVOUT 19 YEARS C/O SUDHEER P., RESIDING AT PANAKKAL HOUSE PALLITHUMB PARAMB, BEYPORE KOZHIKODE, KERALA – 673 015. …PETITIONER (BY SRI MUHAMMAD SHAMIL, ADVOCATE) AND: CANARA BANK REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH OFFICER, NEAR BUS STAND CHIKKABANAVARA MAIN ROAD CHIKKABANAVARA KARNATAKA – 560 090. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI VIGNESH SHETTY, ADVOCATE) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE RESPONDENT BANK TO UNFREEZE THE ACC MAINTAINED BY PETITIONER BEARING CUSTOMER /ACC NO. 110183860998. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:17707 WP No. 8498 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court seeking the following prayer: “a. Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the respondent bank to unfreeze the account maintained by petitioner bearing customer/account No. 110183860998. b. Issue any other appropriate writ, order or direction, as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, c. And issue such other directions as deemed fit in the facts and circumstances of the present case.” 2. Heard Sri Muhammed Shamil, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Vignesh Shetty, learned counsel for respondent. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that he is a student and the entire account of the petitioner is frozen on account of a communication from the Cyber Crime Police, Gujarat. The e-mail communication depicts that the disputed amount that has fallen into the account of the petitioner is Rs.75,000/-. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:17707 WP No. 8498 of 2025 4. In that light, I deem it appropriate to direct defreezing of the account of the petitioner on marking of a lien of Rs.75,000/-. Defreezement of the account shall be done forthwith and the petitioner shall be permitted to operate the account as it was being operated prior to such freezement, subject to the aforesaid condition, without brooking any delay. 5. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed. Ordered accordingly. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 2 Sl No.: 38 CT:SS