1 APHC010035192026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3044/2026 Between: Magesh Kumar Muthu ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. KANDERI CHETHAN Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “…to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of the writ of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the Respondents more particularly Respondent No 5 in directing the Respondent No 6 to freeze the petitioners bank account bearing A/c No 50100371596313 under the guise of investigation in Crime No 400 of 2024 on the file of Respondent No 5 as illegal arbitrary unjust without jurisdiction besides being violative of Articles 14 191g and 300A of the Constitution of India and to consequently direct the respondents to defreeze the petitioners bank account bearing A/c No 50100371596313 in Respondent No 6 Branch and pass such orders…” 2 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Respondent No. 5 requested Respondent No. 6 to freeze the petitioner’s bank account bearing No. 50100371596313 under the guise of investigation in Crime No. 400 of 2024 on the file of Respondent No. 5. 3. Sri P. Ajay Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, fairly submits that the petitioner is not shown as an accused in the said crime. However, certain suspicious transactions were found in the petitioner’s account, and an amount of Rs. 64,622/- was credited to the petitioner’s account in connection with the said crime. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 to place a lien over an amount of Rs. 64,622/-, which is the subject matter of investigation in Crime No. 400 of 2024. The remaining balance in the petitioner’s account shall be defreezed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 12.02.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.3044 of 2026 Date: 12.02.2026 KMS 71