S.K.Katriar, J.

1. This writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to issue a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to allow the petitioner to operate his bank account bearing current account no. 2/2143, with the State Bank of India, Katahra Branch, (respondent nos. 1 to 4) in which an amount to the tune of Rs. 39,67,50.20 P.is lying in deposit, The respondent Bank is purportedly acting on the instructions of the Central Bureau of Investigation (respondent no.5), in refusing to allow the petitioner to operate the Bank account.

2. The petitioner, Chandra Kumar Mishra, runs his proprietory business in the name and style of M/s. Shakti Traders. Respondent no.5 had instituted an F.I.R. on 8.8.98, with the Delhi Special Police Establishment, Bihar Branch, Patna, against one Chandradeo Ram, Accountant, State Bank of India, Kathara Branch, district Giridih, and others not named in the F.I.R. alleging issuance of D.C.Rs., which are in the nature of demand drafts, in favour of Central Coal Fields Ltd., without depositing the money value of the D.C.Rs. with the Bank. The said Chandradeo Ram was then functioning as an Accountant in the said Branch of the Bank. The F.I.R. w