[2025:RJ-JP:46627] (1 of 3) [CW-17059/2025] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17059/2025 Govind Prasad Chhipa S/o Shri Roshan Lal, Aged About 44 Years, Resident Of 19, Jeevan Vihar Colony, Rampura Road, Sanganer Jaipur (Rajasthan) ----Petitioner Versus 1. Jio Payment Bank, Through Its Manager Registered Office 1St Floor, Building 4Na Maker Maxity, Bandra Kurla Complex,bandra East, Mumbai 400051 2. Incharge Of Police, Police Staton Sri Vijay Nagar District Sriganganagar, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Jahangir Alam Salawat For Respondent(s) : Ms. Devakriti Vashishtha for Mr. Bhuwnesh Sharma, AAG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEET PUROHIT Order 19/11/2025 1. The instant writ petition has been preferred with the following prayer: “(i) To call for the entire record of the case and persuade; (ii) To direct the respondents to forthwith unfreeze the petitioner’s JIO Payment Bank Account No.30000001725240, and restore full access to the petitioner for legitimate business transactions; (iii) Any other writ order or direction which may be deemed proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be issued in favour of petitioner.” [2025:RJ-JP:46627] (2 of 3) [CW-17059/2025] 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not misused his bank account for the purpose of illegal transaction and he has not committed any Cyber Crime. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to cooperate with the investigating agency. He, therefore, prays that the disputed amount, which has been received in the petitioner’s said bank account, may be withheld and he may be allowed to operate the bank account as he is facing problem in day to day money transaction. 4. In view of the submissions made before this Court, the direction is issued to the respondent-bank to defreeze the said saving account of the petitioner. However, the disputed amount as decided by the respondent - Bank or any other amount as intimated by the investigation agency, which has been credited in the petitioner’s aforesaid saving account in connection with fraudulent transactions shall remain freezed. It is further made clear that keeping the disputed amount aside, the petitioner will be allowed to operate his aforementioned savings account for day to day money transactions. It is further directed that only the disputed amount as decided by the respondent bank, which has been alleged to have been credited in the petitioner’s account shall be freezed in the account of the petitioner and he will be allowed to operate his account. 5. It is made clear that the petitioner will cooperate with the investigating officer and he will appear before investigating agency as and when required. It is also ordered that the petitioner shall not close or discontinue his above mentioned bank account with the respondent-bank till the investigation is completed by the [2025:RJ-JP:46627] (3 of 3) [CW-17059/2025] investigating agency. It is also made clear that in case, after the investigation, the involvement of the petitioner is found in any illegal transaction, the investigating agency would be free to proceed against the petitioner in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observations, the petition stands disposed of. 7. Stay application and other application(s), if any, stands disposed of. (SANJEET PUROHIT),J PAYAL DHAWAN /16