VIRENDRA KUMAR SHARMA SON OF RAMAVTAR SHARMA v. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER (SHO)
CW/13418/2025 · 2025-09-11
Anoop Kumar Dhand
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[2025:RJ-JP:36909] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13418/2025 Virendra Kumar Sharma Son Of Ramavtar Sharma, Aged About 40 Years, Resident Of Plot No. 38, Shweta Vihar, Jaipuriyo Ka Bad, Srisi Link Road Hathoj, Jhotwara, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302012. ----Petitioner Versus
1. The Station House Officer (Sho), Police Staton Bisfi, Dis- trict Madhubani, Bihar. 2. The Branch Manager, State Bank Of India, Having Address 1, 38, Sector 1 Rd, Sector 2, Sector-1, Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302012. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Nidhi Sharma Mr. Chitransh Saxena For Respondent(s) : Mr. Himanshu Jain JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND Order 11/09/2025
1. The instant writ petition has been preferred with the follow- ing prayer: It is, therefore, humbly prayed that yours Lordships may graciously be pleased to accept and allow this writ petition by calling the entire record and after pe- rusal of the same: a. Declare that the action of the Respondent Bank in freezing the Savings Account No. 38898256164 of the Petitioner, maintained at State Bank of India, Vid- hyadhar Nagar Branch, Jaipur, is arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g), and 300A of the Constitution of India; b. Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction command- ing the Respondent Bank to immediately unfreeze the Petitioner's Savings Account No. 38898256164 main-
[2025:RJ-JP:36909] (2 of 3) [CW-13418/2025] tained in his personal name with State Bank of India, Vidhyadhar Nagar Branch, Jaipur 302039; Direct the Respondent Bank to provide written reasons for the freezing of the account and any communication re- ceived from Cyber Crime authorities, if any. c. Award costs of this petition in favour of the Peti- tioner. d. Pass such further of other orders as may be deemed just and proper in the facts and circum- stances of the case. 2. By way of filing this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking di- rections against the respondent-Bank for defreezing his account No. 38898256164. 3. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has no concerned whatsoever with any cyber crime committed by any- one, even then his entire account has been freezed. Counsel sub- mits that the petitioner is ready and willing to cooperate in the in- vestigation as and when required. 4.
Counsel for the respondents opposed the arguments raised by counsel for the petitioner and submitted that several com- plaints regarding cyber crimes were received in the State of Telan- gana, West Bengal and Maharashtra, consequently, orders have been passed to freeze the petitioner’s account. 5. In view of the submissions made before this Court, the in- stant writ petition stands disposed of with directions to the re- spondent-Bank to defreeze the Bank account of the petitioner bearing No. 38898256164 at State Bank of India, Vidhyadhar Na- gar Branch, Jaipur and he may be allowed to operate and make transactions in the said Bank. [2025:RJ-JP:36909] (3 of 3) [CW-13418/2025]
6. The respondents are directed to freeze the disputed amount i.e. Rs.650/- which is allegedly involved in the fraudulent transac- tion. 7. It is made clear that the petitioner will co-operate with Bank authorities and investigating agency and will appear before them as and when required. 8. This Court also observes that the petitioner shall not close or discontinue the aforesaid account till the investigating agency and Bank authorities permit him to do so. 9. It is further ordered that after investigation, if the involve- ment of the petitioner is found in any illegal transaction, he shall be liable to pay amount involved in the aforesaid illegal transac- tion and will face inquiry/investigation as per law. 10. It is further ordered that the respondent-Bank shall be at lib- erty to transfer the amount to the original account from which it was credited to petitioner’s account. 11. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. The stay application and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J Ashu/27