JUDGMENT

(Common Prayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to direct the 1st respondent to defreeze the petitioners bank account bearing Account Nos.50200006888958 and 50200016559231 respectively maintained in the 2nd respondent bank within the stipulated by this Court.)

Common Order:

These petitions have been filed by the husband and wife for a direction to the 1st respondent to defreeze the Bank account maintained by them in the 2nd respondent Bank.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent.

3. When the matter came up for hearing on 02.08.2023, this Court directed the learned Additional Public Prosecutor to take instructions as to when the Bank account was freezed and when it was intimated to the concerned jurisdictional Court.

4. When the matter taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor on instructions submitted that the Bank account was freezed on 09.01.2023 and whereas, it was intimated to the concerned jurisdictional Magistrate Court only on 27.01.2023.

5. Section 102(3) of Cr.P.C., makes it mandatory on the part of the police to i