Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010036672025 2025:GAU-AS:4753 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1401/2025 M/S YASHODA AND SONS ENERGY STATION AND ANR. PROPRIETOR- SRI LOVKUDH TRIPATHI, BELTOLA RAMKRISHNANAGAR, DISTRICT- SRIBHUMI, ASSAM, PIN- 788166. 2: LOVKUSH TRIPATHI S/O- RAJ BASANT TRIPATHI PROPRIETOR- M/S YASHODA AND SONS ENERGY STATION DIVERSION ROAD MALUGRAM SILCHAR ASSAM PIN-78800 VERSUS PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND 6 ORS. HEAD OFFICE, PLOT NO. 4, SECTOR 10, DWARKA, NEW DELHI, PIN- 110075. 2:PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK ZONAL OFFICE UBI BUILDING 2ND FLOOR H.B. ROAD PANBAZAR GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN-781001. 3:PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK RAMKRISHNANAGAR BRANCH KARIMGANJ ASSAM Page No.# 2/3 PIN- 788166. 4:STATE OF GUJARAT REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT SACHIVALAYA GANDHINAGAR GUJARAT PIN- 382010. 5:OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE STATE CYBER CRIME CELL CID CRIME 7TH FLOOR C-WING BLOCK-2 KARMYOGI BHAWAN SECTOR-10-A GANDHINAGAR- 382010 GUJARAT. 6:THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NORTH BLOCK GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI. 7:INDIAN CYBER CRIME COORDINATON CENTRE (I4C) 5HT FLOOR NDCC-II BUILDING JAI SINGH ROAD NEW DELHI Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S MITRA, MR. R. RAMEEZ,MR A K BORO,MR S.MITRA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, PNB, MR. P SENGUPTA (R1-R3),DY.S.G.I. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 21.04.2025 Heard Mr. S Mitra, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also Page No.# 3/3 heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent, Bank. The action challenged in this writ petition is freezing of the debit transaction of the petitioners’ bank Account No.0465050012351 with Punjab National Bank (PNB), Ramkrishnanagar Nagar Branch, Karimganj due to alleged fraudulent transaction of Rs.1,32,700/-. It is not disputed by the bank authorities that the alleged fraudulent activity, for which the bank account was debit freezed, is relatable to Rs.1,32,700/- and bank will have no objection if the account is allowed to be operated by keeping a lien over the aforesaid amount of Rs.1,32,700/-. In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition stands allowed by providing that the debit freeze of the bank account of the petitioner being Account No.0465050012351 with Punjab National Bank (PNB), Ramkrishnanagar Nagar Branch, Karimganj be allowed to be operated subject to keeping a lien over the amount of Rs.1,32,700/-. With the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant