Case brief
What is this about?
Defreeze/unfreeze of bank account frozen over cyber-fraud complaints; conditional lifting of freeze; disputed fraudulent-transaction amount kept frozen; HDFC Bank, Kumbha Marg, Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, Jaipur; complaints from Telangana, West Bengal, Maharashtra; police respondents from Latur, Yavatmal and CB Jammu Cyber Crime Investigation Centre; prayer invoking Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 300A of the Constitution; writ of mandamus; cooperation with investigating agency; prohibition on closing account; repayment liability if implicated; transfer of credited amount to source account; S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11467/2025; Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench; Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand; order dated 11/09/2025; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent-Bank to defreeze account No. 50100523686260 and permit the petitioner to operate and transact in it, subject to conditions: the disputed amount allegedly involved in the fraudulent transaction remains frozen; the petitioner is to cooperate with the investigating agency and not close the account until permitted; and the Bank may transfer the credited amount back to the originating account. Stay application and all pending applications disposed of accordingly.