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Veena Singh v. Union of India and 2 Others

Allahabad HC18 Mar 2026WRIC/10289/2026

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Allahabad High Court, WRIT - C No. 10289 of 2026, decided 19 March 2026; bench Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan, JJ.; petitioner Veena Singh v. Union of India and 2 others; bank account freeze arising from Coimbatore Police online fraud report of Rs.10,000/- credited to petitioner's account; petition disposed of with direction to Bank to move the amount to Escrow Account, unfreeze the account, and refund the amount to the actual owner; no statute or precedent cited.

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Direction to the respondent Bank to move Rs.10,000/- from the petitioner's account to the Bank's Escrow Account and unfreeze the account, with the Bank responsible for refunding the amount to the actual owner. ¶14

Veena Singh Vs Union of India and 2 Others — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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WRIT - C No. - 10289 of 2026

Veena Singh

.....Petitioner(s)

Versus

Union Of India And 2 Others

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.....Respondent(s)

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Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Amit Kumar Sriva Mishra	stava, Rajesh Kumar
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: A.S.G.I., Anadi	Krishna Narayana,
	Shashi Dhar Sahai,	Vivek Tripathi

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Court No. - 2

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HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J. HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Shashi Dhar Sahai, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.2 & 3.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on account of information received from the Coimbatore Police with regard to an online fraud of Rs.10,000/- which has been deposited with the account of the petitioner, the account of the petitioner has been frozen.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is not aware as to how the said offending amount was deposited in his account.

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Under the circumstances, this petition is disposed of by directing the respondent Bank to take down the amount of Rs.10,000/- from the account of the petitioner into Escrow Account of the Bank and thereafter unfreeze the account of the petitioner so that she may withdraw her amount, to which petitioner has no objection.

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It will be responsibility of the Bank to refund the amount to the actual owner from whose account the said amount was taken and deposited in the account of the petitioner.

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With the above direction, the writ petition stands disposed of .

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March 19, 2026 R.S. Tiwari

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(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)

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Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR TIWARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Veena Singh v. Union of India and 2 Others

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