20.08.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.19 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 16371 of 2026 Shamsundar Agarwal Versus The Punjab National Bank (PNB) & Ors. Mr. Sufi Kamal …for the Petitioner Ms. Sreenoyee Mitra …for the PNB 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ application praying for a direction upon the bank to defreeze the account of the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that bank has freezed the account of the petitioner on receipt of complaint from Cyber Crime Police Station with regard to the alleged transaction of Rs.9000/-. He submits that due to the disputed amount of Rs. 9000/- , the bank has freezed the total account of the petitioner, due to which, the petitioner is not in a position to run his business. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the bank submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. Though the bank has freezed the account of the petitioner on receipt of the complaint from the Cyber Crime Police Station with regard to the two transactions of Rs. 5000/- and Rs. 4000/- respectively but in terms of the Circular No.6 of 2026 dated February 26, 2026, the 2 bank has defreezed the account of the petitioner by keeping the disputed amount of Rs. 9000/- in lien. 4. In view of the above, this Court finds that the bank has already defreezed the account of the petitioner by keeping the disputed amount in lien. Accordingly, no further order is required to be passed. 5. WPA 16371 of 2026 stands disposed of. 6. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 7. Urgent Photostat certified copy, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with all formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)