101.Cri.WP.708.2026 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 708 OF 2026 SSRK Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Bank of Maharashtra & Ors. ______________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Mr. V.K. Gupta, Advocate for the Petitioner (thr. V.C.). ------------------------------- CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND R AJ D. WAKODE , JJ. DATE : 05.10.2026 Heard Mr. V.K. Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner appearing through video conferencing. 2. The petitioner, a Private Limited Company, has approached this Court seeking a direction to respondent No.1 to defreeze the account as mentioned in prayer clause (a) of the present writ petition. However, the fact remains that the petitioner has already approached respondent No.1 – Bank by submitting a representation dated 03.02.2026, which is at record page No.18 (Annexure-C). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, despite the passage of more than seven months, the aforesaid representation is neither processed nor decided by respondent No.1 and, hence, the petitioner has approached this Court. 3. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on 02.01.2026, approved the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) formulated by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). The aforesaid SOP provides a detailed 2026:BHC-NAG:13249-DB 101.Cri.WP.708.2026 2/2 mechanism for redressal of grievances such as raised by the petitioner. Chapter III of the aforesaid SOP provides for a grievance redressal mechanism, under which respondent No.1 – Bank is required to forward the representation submitted by the petitioner seeking defreezing of the account to the aforesaid grievance redressal module. The SOP also prescribes timelines for action by respondent No.1 – Bank, respondent No.2 – IO and other authorities for redressal of the grievance raised by the petitioner. 4. In view of the above, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to the respondents, and more particularly respondent No.1, to forward the representation dated 03.02.2026 submitted by the petitioner to the aforesaid grievance redressal module and process the same in accordance with the procedure contemplated under the SOP dated 02.01.2026. The respondents shall take necessary action within the timelines prescribed under the aforesaid SOP. 5. Needless to state, after the decision is rendered by the concerned authorities in accordance with the SOP dated 02.01.2026, if the petitioner is aggrieved by such decision, the petitioner shall be at liberty to approach this Court. 6. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) Vijaykumar Signed by: Mr. Vijay Kumar Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 06/10/2026 12:42:42