ORDER:

The petitioner prays for a writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondents in freezing her SB account bearing No.212110100001103 maintained with the Bank of 3rd respondent as illegal, arbitrary and for a consequential direction to defreeze the SB account.

2. The petitioner’s case succinctly is thus:

The petitioner opened SB account bearing No.212110100001103 with Andhra Bank, H.B.Colony Branch, Old Venkojupalem Road, Visakhapatnam/3rd respondent on 26.03.2014. While so, the petitioner and her husband Adari Ravi Kumar were arrayed as accused in Cr.No.12/2017 of Muvvalavani Palem Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 354A, 420, 506, 328 r/w 34 IPC and Section 20(B)(i) of the NDPS Act. Her husband was involved in another case i.e., Cr.No.13/2017 of Muvvalavani Palem Police Station registered for the offence under Section 420 IPC. During the course of investigation, on the letter of Communication dated 18.01.2017 issued by the Investigating Officer/6th respondent to the Senior Branch Manager, Andhra Bank, H.B.Colony/5th respondent, the SB account of the petitioner was freezed.

Subsequently investigation was completed in both the crimes and charge sheets have