N.Meenakchisundram, v. Inspector of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Held that freezing of a bank account based on a police requisition letter deems to lapse upon quashing of the underlying FIR. The petition regarding the unfreezing of funds was closed as the order was deemed executed. No specific line item relief was granted in this order.
What did the court decide?
Account deemed de-frozen as the requisition letter lapsed upon quashing of the FIR; petition closed.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 06.03.2018
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH
Crl.O.P.No.3446 of 2018
N.Meenakchisundram ... Petitioner/Complainant
Vs. 1.Inspector of Police Namagiripettai Police Station Namakkal District. (Crime No.13/18) ... Respondent/Complainant 2.Bakkiyalakshmi ... Respondent/Accused (A3)
Prayer:Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to issue direction in Crime No.13/2018 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Namagiripettai Police Station, Namakkal District to the Branch Manager, T M B Perunthurai Branch to transfer the amount of Rs.30,00,000/- from the TMB Bank account of Bakiyalakshmi (A/c No.179100050310175 ) to the account of Varalakshmi Traders (A/c No.199700150950027) in TMB bank Rasipuram Branch, Namakkal District.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Vasudevan
For Respondent 1 : Mrs.Kritika Kamal.P Government Advocate (Crl.Side)
For Respondent 2 : Mr.M.VijayaKumar
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the account frozen based on a requisition letter lapses upon quashing of the underlying FIR.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
N. Meenakchisundram
- respondent
Inspector of Police Namagiripettai
- respondent
Bakkiyalakshmi
Coram
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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