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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
R.K.PATTANAIK
Abinash Patel – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha (Vigilance) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitions regarding defreezing of bank accounts. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. overview of charges and procedural context. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. claims regarding financial hardship and legality of account attachment. (Para 5 , 6 , 9) |
| 4. court's rationale for granting relief. (Para 10) |
| 5. final order to defreeze accounts. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
JUDGMENT :
1. All the above petitions filed under Sections 482 Cr.P.C. at the behest of the petitioners have been clubbed together and disposed of by a common order since the relief prayed for is of similar nature.
3. Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar Mohanty, leaned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Niranjan Maharana, learned ASC for the Vigilance Department.
5. Mr. Mohanty, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that due to attachment of the accounts, the petitioners are facing a lot of difficulty and financial hardship. It is further submitted that representations were submitted to the Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) at different point of time to release the said accounts but the same yielded no result. Such attachment of the accounts, as further submitted by Mr. Mohanty, is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law since the provisions of Section 18
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