Jithendra Kumar v. State by
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC writ petition (GM-RES) No. 9313/2025, order dt. 02.07.2025, Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar; prayer to quash FIR dt. 03.01.2025, Crime No. 02/2025, Hulimavu Police Station (S. 112, 318(4), 319(2) BNS r.w. S. 66C, 66D I.T. Act, 2000) before 9th ACJM Bengaluru; disposed with directions to defreeze petitioners' and relatives' bank accounts (RBL, HDFC, ICICI, PNB, Axis) after execution of indemnity bond within two weeks; interim order dt. 28.03.2025 referenced; liberty to police to file charge sheet and to petitioners to re-approach Court; contentions kept open.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions to the respondents to defreeze the nine listed bank accounts (held by petitioners Jithendra Kumar and Chandan Kumar and their relatives Vikash Kumar, Guddu Kumar, Satyendra Kumar and Krishna Devi with RBL Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Punjab National Bank and Axis Bank), including intimating the Banks, immediately; conditioned on the petitioners executing an indemnity bond in favour of the Investigating Officer within two weeks; liberty reserved to the police to complete the investigation and file the final report/charge sheet, and to the petitioners to approach the Court again thereafter; petitioners to co-operate with the investigation; all contentions kept open.