JUDGMENT

G. B. PATTANAIK, J. — Leave granted.

2. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment and order dated 9.4.1997 of the Bombay High Court in Criminal Application No. 826 of 1996. The said criminal applica¬tion along with four other criminal writ petitions involving the same question of law were decided together and disposed of by the common judgment which is being impugned by this appeal. The short question that arose before the High Court is whether a police officer investigating into an offence can issue prohibitory order in respect of the bank account of the accused in exercise of power under Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

3. So far as Criminal Application No. 826 of 1996 is con¬cerned, the short facts are that one Tapas D. Neogy was an Archi¬tect and Town Planner in the Department of Town Planning of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu. CBI, ACB, Mumbai registered three first information reports against the said Tapas Neogy and three others for offences under Sections 120-B, 467, 468, 471 and 420, IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It was alleged that the accused committed the offence