JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to defreeze and permit to operate the petitioner''s savings account in Account No.231100050300886, on the file of the third respondent''s Bank by considering the petitioner''s representation, dated 13.04.2023.)

1. The writ petition is filed to permit the petitioner to operate his savings account, in Account No.231100050300886, on the file of the third respondent''s Bank.

2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner and others were running a Private Bank without any approval from the Reserve Bank of India and they defrauded money. A case in Crime No.1 of 2022, for the offences under Sections 406, 420 and 120B of I.P.C was registered against the petitioner and others.

3. The case of the petitioner is that the maternal uncle of his daughter-in-law, namely, Johnselvaraj, started a private Bank, in the name of “Inigo”. The said John Selvaraj made an impression that the Bank got permission from the Reserve Bank of India. Believing his words, the son of the petitioner, daughter-in-law of the petitioner joined the