(Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C to pass an order to the respondent herein, setting aside his instructions issued to the petitioner's bankers M/s.State Bank of India, Saligramam branch No.49, Arcot Road, Saligramam, Chennai 600 093 to freeze the petitoner's account in C.A.No.30012025699 dated 2.6.2006.)

The petitioner is an accused subsequently added as A.7 in the case in Crime No.392 of 2006 on the file of the respondent police for the offence punishable under Sections 380, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 and 420 IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution is that A.1 to A.6 used international credit card and cheated to the tune of Rupees twenty five lakhs. All the accused are alleged to have stayed in the office of the petitioner and on the statement of other accused, premise of the petitioner has been searched and 30 passports have been recovered. During the course of investigation, under instructions by the respondent police vide their letter dated 2.6.2006, the bank account bearing C.A.No.30012025699 in State Bank of India, Saligramam branch No.49, Arcot Road, Saligramam, Chennai 600 093 has been frozen by the State Bank of India by their order dated 23.6.2006, which read