JUDGMENT

The petitioner has challenged order dated 24.03.2022 passed by Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Kashmir, Srinagar, whereby application of the petitioner for defreezing of her bank account has been partly allowed and she has been permitted to operate salary transactions from her account but at the same time the amount that stood to the credit of her bank account on the date of freezing of her account has been allowed to remain frozen.

2. It appears that a preliminary verification was conducted by the respondent relating to fake recruitment orders in respect of 33 candidates as Junior Assistants and Orderlies in the office of Advocate General, Srinagar. After conducting the preliminary verification, the respondent registered FIR No.56/2021 for offences under Section 13(D) of Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC and 66 IT Act and started investigation of the case. During the investigation of the case, the bank statement of account pertaining to main accused Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat was obtained which revealed that an amount of Rs.1.00 crore has been credited into his bank account with effect from 01.01.2018 to 20.07.2021 out of which