1 2025:HHC:22378 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA Cr.WP No. 15 of 2024 Date of decision: 10.07.2025 _______________________________________________________ Prem Singh …..Petitioner Versus State of HP & others …Respondents _______________________________________________________ Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 _____________________________________________________ For the Petitioner: Mr. Abnash Singh and Mr. Jai Ram Sharma, Advocates. For the Respondents: Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. Inspector Surinder Kumar, Cyber Police Station Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra, is present in person. G.S. Sandhawalia , Chief Justice (Oral) Status report has been filed, wherein it has been mentioned that the present petitioner had entered into a verbal agreement with one Vijay Kumar Juneja, for the sale of his ancestral land 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 situated at Nabha, Zirakpur, for a total consideration of Rs. 39,00,00,000/- 2. In pursuance to the said agreement, the said person had deposited an amount of Rs. 3,60,00,000/- into the bank accounts of the petitioner and his brothers, and, therefore, the Investigating Agency has marked a lien on the specific transactions. 3. It has further been brought to our notice that in compliance to the order dated 16.09.2024, vide which the petitioner was directed to deposit a sum of Rs. 3,75,00,000/- in the form of FDR in the name of the Registrar General of this Court, the petitioner has deposited the aforesaid amount and all other accounts of the petitioner and his brothers have been defreezed. 4. Keeping in view the above, since the challenge as such was only to notice dated 16.08.2024 (Annexure P-5) under Section 160 Cr.P.C, and nothing incriminating has been found against 3 the petitioner, we dispose of this petition, having been rendered infructuous. 5. The amount which is lying with this Court, be sent to the Court of the District and Sessions Judge, Shimla, wherein the Charge-sheet in Case F.I.R. No. 120/23, dated 24.09.2023, under Sections 420, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5 of Himachal Pradesh Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 and Sections 21 & 23 of Banning of Unregulated Deposits Schemes Act, 2019, Police Station Palampur, District Kangra, HP, has been filed and the proceedings are pending for consideration of Charge, to which Counsel for the petitioner has no objection. 6. 6. Counsel for the State, on instructions from Inspector Surinder Kumar, Cyber Police Station Dharamshala, who is present in person, submits that he has no objection if the bar as such in the notice that the petitioner would not sell and transfer his 4 property by his own and his family members, would no longer remain in operation. Ordered accordingly. 7. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of alongwith pending application(s), if any. 8. Copy of this order be also kept in the file of Cr.WP No. 5 of 2025, title Rajiv Kumar Pathania Vs. State of H.P. & others. (G.S. Sandhawalia) Chief Justice. July 10, 2025 (Ranjan Sharma) (hemlata) Judge.