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2025 Supreme(All) 3437

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
AJIT KUMAR, SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI
Marufa Begum – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Anoop Kumar Sharma, Vikas Rastogi
For the Respondent: Anadi Krishna Narayana

Table of Content
1. freezing of account based on suspicion. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. bank's obligation to follow freezing instructions. (Para 5 , 6)
3. judicial reasoning on account freezing legitimization. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
4. reiteration of law empowering police actions. (Para 11 , 12)
5. conclusion denying extraordinary relief, allowing for legal remedies. (Para 13)

JUDGMENT :

Swarupama Chaturvedi, J.

1. Heard Sri Vikas Rastogi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Shailesh Kumar Pandey, learned panel counsel for the respondent-Bank and Sri Pradeep Kumar Shahi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

2. This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the action of freezing of the bank account of petitioner by the respondent bank with the prayer to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent bank (Respondent no. 5) to defreeze the Saving Account No. 43390100002893 of Bank of Baroda, Branch Imamganj, Mooratganj, District-Kaushambi and to permit the petitioner to withdraw the amount from her aforesaid account.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is employed as a Shikshamitra (Teacher) a

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