Seema Vinocha Narayan v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 103 of 2026 (GM-POLICE); decided 28.01.2026 by B M Shyam Prasad J.; NC: 2026:KHC:4759. Petition under Article 226 seeking certiorari to quash confirmation letter dated 30.09.2024 issued by DSP/Detective Police Inspector, Financial Intelligence Unit, CID (Annexure-A) and mandamus to defreeze petitioners' scheduled bank accounts (respondents include HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank managers). Disposed of on counsel's withdrawal memo after accounts were defreezed; memo accepted; petition and pending I.As disposed of subject to all just exceptions in law; no adjudication on merits; no express liberty recorded. Keywords: bank account freeze/defreeze, FIU CID, certiorari, mandamus, withdrawal of writ petition.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated or granted; the Court accepted the withdrawal memo (the memo records that the petitioners' bank accounts had already been defreezed) and disposed of the petition subject to all just exceptions in law.