Disposed¶41
Syed Tahir v. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Karnataka HCWP/14848/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Account freeze / bank lien challenge; Kotak Mahindra Bank; mandamus under Article 226; alleged fraud Rs.16,00,000/-; lien Rs.1,58,470/- (operative para records Rs.1,58,740/-); money trail; liberty reserved to petitioner; petition disposed, no relief granted; WP No. 14848 of 2025 (GM-RES); High Court of Karnataka; M. Nagaprasanna, J.; dated 02-07-2026.
What did the court decide?
Unless the crime is taken to its logical conclusion and the money trail from the hands of the petitioner is removed, the lien marked by respondent No.1/Bank is not an action contrary to law; accordingly the petition stands disposed, reserving all liberty to the petitioner to avail of remedies. ¶41