22-09-2025 Item No.18 AGM IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA No.9600 of 2025 Manohar Pathak & Anr. -vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Arinjoy Pal Mr. Ranit Mukherjee Mr. Subham Biswas …for the petitioners Mr. Debabrata Das Mr. A. Sarkar Mr. Pratik Acharjee …for the respondent no.6 Mr. P.K. Tiwari Mr. Rajendra Tiwari Mr. S. Dasgupta …for respondent no.7 Mr. G.F. Hossain Mr. Bikram Kumar Mr. Rakib Hossain Khan …for respondent no.8 Ms. Soni Ojha Ms. Sambrita B. Chatterjee...for respondent no.10 1. Learned advocate representing the Bank has already communicated to the petitioners the details of the criminal cases that are pending against the Bank account of the petitioners. 2. As the Bank accounts have been frozen on the request of the law enforcement agency, accordingly, it will be open for the petitioners to approach the competent forum where the criminal cases are pending for obtaining order of de- freezing the same. 3. Without ascertaining the merit of the criminal complaints, it will not be proper for the writ Court to pass any order upon the Bank for de-freezing the Bank accounts. 4. The writ petition stands disposed of. 5. Certified copy of this order, if applied for, shall be made available to the parties. [Amrita Sinha, J] 2